The novel is Matthiessen’s first, though she’s a published nonfiction writer and memoirist. It’s ambitious and informed though somewhat diffuse in intention and effect: perhaps too much attempted in ...

NEW YORK -- Books on slavery, the justice system, poverty and gender identity are among this year's finalists for J. Anthony ...

Every year brings new opportunities to learn and grow, and one of the most rewarding ways to do so is by reading nonfiction books ... A heartfelt narrative of redemption and reconciliation as ...

“He used to say, ‘Yeah, that kid is a new jack,’” meaning “someone who’s ... Along the way, he fell in love with the narrative nonfiction of Gay Talese, Joan Didion, Tom Wolfe and ...

I was listening to the podcast Creative Nonfiction the other day hosted by ... professor emerita at UC Berkely, to define and delineate physician burnout more clearly and specifically.

From a musical memoir to historical accounts of iconic figures, here are the 16 books longlisted for the Women’s Prize for ...

This year, though, the books landscape is a good deal more cheering than the meteorological one, as evidenced by the 30 promising fiction and non-fiction titles listed here – all of which ...

I was going through the thousand-odd people I follow on one social media site in an effort to ease my transition onto another ...

There is, however, the narrative surrounding the work to judge -- every artwork ... "How close is too close? Is there a point where nonfiction filmmakers, like their cousin journalists, face what ...

The narrative has impetus ... is that you can take any subject and make it into a nonfiction novel. By that I don’t mean a historical or documentary novel—those are popular and interesting ...

JFI Winterfest gets bookish. Plus: heavy metal horror, Bay Area graffiti at Balboa; Tehran meets Winnipeg at Roxie ...