Search results for

W. Maxwell Prince's bloody, silly and deeply likeable new graphic novel imagines a world where works of art are real spaces you can step into — with real problems that can cause hundreds of deaths.

Fighting continues in Sudan even as talks were to begin in Saudi Arabia between representatives of the warring factions. People continue to flee the conflict and humanitarian needs are growing.

Robin Black's Life Drawing follows an artist couple working through the pain of a past betrayal. "It's ... a fascinating subject," Black says. "Who stays together and how do they manage it?"

Curtis White is no enemy of science, but his new book criticizes what he sees as today's overreliance on rigid thinking and social organization, and our unquestioning optimism about technology.

Sloane Crosley's new novel, The Clasp, follows a group of disaffected 30-somethings who gather for a classmate's posh wedding — but the casual misanthropy of the characters dims the book's pleasures.

Noelle Stevenson's webcomic Nimona, about a shapeshifter who aspires to be an evil sidekick, is now out in book form. Reviewer Tasha Robinson praises the story's ebullience, complexity and intensity.

The confounding title of the self-referential novel Percival Everett by Virgil Russell signals its method, which seeks to erase lines between author and subject, reality and fiction. For Alan Cheuse, Percival Everett's (or is that Percival Everett's?) postmodern mind games spoil what might have been a fine novel.

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has been indicted. Prosecutors allege he accepted cash, gold, and other goods in exchange for committing corrupt acts such as providing sensitive information to Egypt.

Public intellectual George Scialabba contemplates the role of great — and not so great — thinkers in his new collection of essays, What Are Intellectuals Good For? Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it "a pleasure to read."

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is under indictment while in the House, Republican infighting threatens a government shutdown.

At Bawadi Mediterranean Grill in Falls Church, Virginia, Khalid Mekki says the increased support for his business has come from people of all backgrounds.

Featuring the same time frame and some of the same characters as his last novel, Umbrella, Shark continues Self's modernist exploration of the human psyche and the violence done by modern society.

L.S. Hilton's new book, the first in a trilogy, follows the aptly-named Judith Rashleigh on a wild ride of sex parties, private yachts, and behavior just as shallow and selfish as any male character.

Nearly simultaneous bomb blasts in New Delhi on Saturday night kill more than 50 people and left nearly 200 injured. Also, a train wreck in southern India killed about 110 people.

The Florida Board of Governors released a draft of "prohibited expenditures" for colleges in the state university system. All state and federal funding for DEI programs and any "political or social activism" in the proposed regulation would be cut.

On the eve of what looked to be Nepal's largest pro-democracy demonstration so far, King Gyanendra reinstated the lower house of parliament. The lower house is far more important than the largely symbolic upper house under Nepal's constitution. The move appears to meet a key demand of the seven-party opposition.

Bolivian President Evo Morales has resigned amid protests across the country alleging fraud in the election that he declared himself the winner of just three weeks ago.

Behind the brewing trade war with China is U.S. concern at China's ambitions to dominate the technologies of the future. Skeptics doubt, though, that massive state investment can transform China into an innovative economy.

William Gibson's Neuromancer is a hacker classic. Author Nick Harkaway says it's also a door to a greater world. Is there a book that took you outside of your comfort zone? Tell us in the comments.

In his new book, pilot and columnist Patrick Smith explains why you have to turn off your cellphone for takeoff and landing, and why your ideas about autopilot are probably all wrong. He wants people to "re-appreciate the act of air travel. It's not as horrible as everybody thinks it is."

Novelist Kate Christensen makes a plot line of her own life in a memoir that describes her struggles to come to terms with her family, her relationships and her sometimes violent father. A passionate lover of food, Christensen weaves recipes into a story of survival.

A U.S. Supreme Court order has signaled that more congressional voting districts where Black voters have a chance of electing their preferred candidate are coming to the South, including Alabama.

The program means those who lost family members or were injured in the Lahaina fire could receive payments of more than $1 million by the spring. But by participating they'd waive the right to sue.

Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Yi's new book, his first to receive an English translation, is a haunting tale of love, loss, millet wine and whales that walks a fine line between sci-fi and magical realism.

Meg Wolitzer's novel is about lifelong friendship tinged with jealousy. It begins at a summer camp in 1974 and follows a group of friends through middle age. Wolitzer says her teen years were a rehearsal for her adult life and that today she is "different" but "in the same shell."