The Gotham Book Prize, which each year awards $50,000 to one book that captures the “life, history and culture that makes up ...

A book of essays by actor Lili Taylor, a memoir by restaurateur Keith McNally, and a bestseller from Andrew Ross Sorkin about ...

Zohran Mamdani is set to assume office as mayor of New York City at the start of 2026, with inauguration events stretching from midnight into New Year's Day. The Democratic mayor-elect's team has ...

Over the past century, there have been countless attempts to assemble a definitive list of essential literature. In recent decades, however, the very idea of a literary canon has become a source of ...

Today is Thursday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2025. There are 55 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman ...

Today is Thursday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2025. There are 55 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected ...

“As we mark the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, we celebrate not only this year’s remarkable winners but also the enduring vision of Edith Anisfield Wolf,” said Kortney Morrow, ...

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“‘Harlem Shuffle,’ ‘Crook Manifesto,’ ‘Underground Railroad,’ ‘Nickel Boys’: I feel like I did not understand or see myself in fiction until I read him.” By Leigh-Ann Jackson So far this year, Jay ...

May 22 (UPI) --Joyride actress Stephanie Hsu, Schitt's Creek star Annie Murphy, The Nickel Boys author Colson Whitehead and Ferris Bueller's Day Off actor Matthew Broderick are among the jurors who ...