The Wilderness” braids together the stories of four friends as the women move from their early 20’s into middle age, a personal era that Angela Flournoy calls “the ...

She had to be pushed to write her new memoir, “Book of Lives.” The result reveals the experiences (and a few slights) that have shaped her work.

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Kiran Desai’s surname was familiar to the world of literature when her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, won the Man ...

"Wreck" by Catherine Newman, the New York Times bestselling author of "Catastrophic Happiness," "Waiting for Birdy," "We All ...

A Guardian and a Thief' author Megha Majumdar discusses her new novel, set in Kolkata during a climate catastrophe.

When the Favorite Children’s Books ornament arrived at Trendy Tree the other day, I immediately thought, What a perfect gift ...

Inside the Neonatal Intensive care unit (NICU), storytime starts early, thanks to a new little library called The Jungle Nook. But it’s not your typical library. Instead of whispers, you’ll hear cries ...

'Have you news of My Boy Jack?' It is the opening to one of the most haunting poems ever written by Rudyard Kipling; penned in 1916 as hundreds of thousands of parents grieved their dead or missing ...

“All American Boys,” a young adult novel, has spurred backlash in Danvers, where some parents object to the book’s profanity, reference to drug use, and portrayal of police brutality. At a meeting of ...