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Library of Congress awards prize for American fiction to James McBride
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoNEW YORK (AP) — The Library of Congress has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to James McBride, whose acclaimed novels include “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” “Deacon King Kong” and “The Good Lord Bird.”
Winfrey picks David Wroblewski's 'Familairis' for her book club
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoNEW YORK (AP) — Author David Wroblewski has reached special status among contemporary authors: a...
The novel 'Old King' explores the meaning of 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski today
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoMaxim Loskutoff's second novel is an attempt to sort through Kaczynski's contradictions, to...
'The Bloodied Nightgown' is a monument to Joan Acocella's savage wit and unsentimental generosity
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoAn eclectic collection of essays on subjects including Dracula, dirty words and Elena Ferrante is a...
What Fargo Season Five and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Have in Common
GQ via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCopyright 2023, FX. All Rights Reserved. I would have loved to watch church-trained audience members...
Martin Scorsese Talks the ‘Glamour of Evil,’ Actors He Wish He’d Worked With and ‘Killers of the...
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoSin, forgiveness, the glamour of evil, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlon Brando, terrible preview screenings...
Martin Scorsese is still curious — and still awed by the possibilities of cinema
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoWhen Akira Kurosawa was given an honorary Academy Award in 1990, the then 80-year-old Japanese...
Martin Scorsese has already set his next movie after Killers of the Flower Moon
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoMartin Scorsese has already set his next film post-Killers of the Flower Moon after buying the...
Paul Harding's modest debut won a surprise Pulitzer. His third novel aims too high
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoWhen Paul Harding’s novel “Tinkers” won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2010, it was a pleasant surprise on a variety of fronts. It was a debut book from a tiny nonprofit publisher funded ...
Books of the month: From Jonathan Coe’s Bournville to Bob Dylan’s essays
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIf books by the mega famous are your thing, then November has its usual share of starry contenders,...