Books

Bly published his first book of poems, "Silence in the Snowy Fields," in 1962. He won the National Book Award…

The winner of this year's National Book Award for fiction is Jason Mott's "Hell of a Book." It's a surreal…

Amelia Bjesse-Puffin was tired of the oppression she was seeing in the world of skating. So, two years ago she…

2020 was a time of upheaval in Minneapolis -- from the pandemic, to the police killing of George Floyd. A…

German media giant Bertelsmann's Penguin Random House is already the largest American publisher. It wants to buy New York-based Simon…

On our bookshelf tonight, NewsHour's old friend and former longtime media correspondent Terence Smith's memoir: "Four Wars, Five Presidents: A…

Paulsen received the Newbery Honor prize for "Hatchet," "The Winter Room" and "Dogsong," a story about a young native Alaskan…

Author Sally Rooney is holding off on allowing her current book to be translated into Hebrew, citing Israel's "system of…

Powers' "Bewilderment" is his first book since the Pulitzer winning "The Overstory." Groff's "Matrix" is her third consecutive work to…

Jeffrey Brown has the story of prominent poet Rita Dove confronting private pains and public strains; home and history. This…