Amid a global pandemic comes a novel about a global pandemic. Lawrence Wright wrote "The End of October" before the…
In Ann Petry's 1946 novel "The Street," which chronicles an African American woman's pursuit of the American dream, the main…
When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S., people who share books on a small-scale, the stewards of little free libraries,…
More than 80 poems are included in an anthology, "Together In a Sudden Strangeness," coming in e-book and audio formats…
Our May 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Ann Petry's "The Street."
Our May 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Ann Petry's "The Street."
The comic book shop has long been a wall-to-wall repository for tales of world-threatening cataclysms and doomsday dystopias but it…
The social distancing many Americans are practicing to slow the spread of COVID-19 is driving widespread feelings of loneliness and…
"The Street" by Ann Petry is the May pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour's book club with The…
Julia Phillips, author of our April pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown…
This artist turns tea bags into tiny, detailed paintings
Joanne Rogers, widow of TV’s famed Mister Rogers, dies at 92
Pandemic eats into LGBTQ representation on network TV, study shows
Elvis Presley’s Graceland starting live virtual tours
Poet Amanda Gorman to read at Biden’s inauguration
Civil rights pioneer Ruby Bridges on activism in the modern era
Lawmaker wants Dolly Parton statue at Tennessee Capitol
Katie Couric, Mayim Bialik to be ‘Jeopardy!’ guest hosts
Lady Gaga to sing anthem, J-Lo to perform at inauguration
Shakira sells music publishing rights to UK company
