An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets of praise on a book jacket, are all they’re cracked up to be.

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion. “Something Rotten,” Andrew Lipstein’s ...

Pop singer and influencer Melanie Martinez is under scrutiny for her Cry Baby Coloring Book, a 2016 release that critics claim contains imagery promoting child abuse. Known for songs like "Cry ...

Arkansas guard Izzy Higginbottom (3 ... thing that will never forget the year Higginbottom is having: the record book.

Two new books, “The Sirens’ Call” by Hayes and “Superbloom” by Carr, argue that our capacity for attention and connection has been devastated by the digital age “Elita” is a novel ...

It’s a family affair as Israel “Izzy” Battres returns to HGTV for the new docuseries Izzy Does It. Cameras follow the former Flip or Flop contractor while running his renovation business in ...

In her new book, Cho Nam-Joo captures both the universality of sexism and the specificity of women’s experiences. When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose.

Here’s how it works. Seeing as the game is now over 50 years old, it's hard to narrow down the best D&D books. There are quite literally enough to fill a small library these days, so which ones ...

Perry won the National Book Award in 2022 for her nonfiction book “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.” Her latest explores the connections ...

Potato Head" and "Soap." Melanie Martinez in October 2016 in Austin, Texas. The singer's "Cry Baby Coloring Book" has received fresh attention on TikTok, several years after its initial release.

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