As a new First Family enters the White House, a new collection of essays, personal accounts, historical fiction, and poetry for children pertaining to the presidential residence is released to share our collective past.
Perhaps due to Obama’s victory speech mention of 106-year-old Ms. Cooper, a new edition of Ernest J. Gaines’s classic story spanning American slavery and the civil rights movement has been reissued.
In his new novel, Stéphane Audeguy speculates on Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s little-mentioned older brother, and in doing so creates a palatable mirror image of history.
Sometimes the gap between recommendation and action is (understandably) wide, so put these on your list for later: Justin Cartwright and Hugo Hamilton.
As the popularity of Scandinavian crime stories increases in the U.S., Jo Nesbø releases another in his series featuring Harry Hole, a kind of Norwegian Jimmy McNulty.
Previously anthologized for his standout “A Day Meant to Do Less,” Kyle Minor now releases a collection of troublesome-to-define writing, all of which is available online.
Though world leaders continually misjudge their roles and responsibilities in dealing with Afghanistan, several writers are sharing valuable insights. Nadeem Aslam is one of them.
Though there may be a publishing hiatus over the holidays, that shouldn’t keep a true bibliophile from feasting on plenty of literary leftovers.
A new opus from the best-known American photographer inter-splices her images with her own observations and mild revelations from her splendid career.
Two new books focus on a tragic event in Utah history: The first is nonfiction compiled by Mormon historians and underwritten by the LDS church; the second is fiction by award-winning Canadian novelist Alissa York.
