A Utah woman who recently published a children’s book on losing a parent has been charged with murdering her husband, the father of her three children. Read more
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Year: 2023
Winners of the Pulitzer Prize Announced
Here is the full list of winners and finalists. Read more
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From Jazz Age Renegade to Best-Selling Chronicler of Women’s Lives
A decorated writer in the 1940s, Nancy Hale analyzed the gap between the rhetoric of liberation and the realities of female experience. Why has she fallen into obscurity? Read more
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Everything, Everywhere, in One Big Book
In “All the Knowledge in the World,” Simon Garfield recounts the history of the encyclopedia — a tale of ambitious effort, numerous errors and lots of paper. Read more
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The Inventor of Magical Realism
It remains a mystery why Miguel Ángel Asturias’s brilliant novel Mr. President remains less well known in the English-speaking world than the many novels it inspired. Read more
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Reanimating Cavafy, a Poet of ‘Future Generations’ Whose Time Is Now
In the festival “Archive of Desire,” artists and musicians thoughtfully engage with the writing of Constantine P. Cavafy, a self-assessed “ultramodern poet.” Read more
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Author and Illustrator Ashley Bryan Honored in New Penn Exhibit
Ashley Bryan, renowned author and illustrator, lived to create. And throughout his long life, he created much joy in the lives of others. Bryan — also a poet, painter, and a musician — brought the richness of African culture, the vibrance of Black American spirituality and tradition, and the lost voices of enslaved people, to books read by children and adults of all races. He is one of the main reasons a large body of children’s literature today is illustrated with people of color.
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Let Us Now Praise Poetry
There’s strength in poetry — in seeking and establishing meaning in our world. Read more
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‘Silo’ Premieres May 5th on Apple TV+
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo. Watch trailer
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MWA Announces the 2023 Edgar Award Winners
Celebrating the best mystery and crime fiction of the year. Read more
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