Festival Writers Win Kirkus Prize
2024 writer James McBride won the Kirkus Prize for The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, described by judges as "a boisterous hymn to community, mercy, and karmic justice."
All the Light We Cannot See Casts Blind Actresses
In a new Netflix mini-series, the two actresses playing the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel’s protagonist, are blind, just like the character.
A New York Poet Laureate in Deepest, Darkest Florida
Billy Collins strolls among the palm trees to explain why he left Westchester for Winter Park, and why his poems keep getting shorter.
Biden to Name Joe Kennedy III as Special Envoy to Northern Ireland
Former congressman and grandson of Robert Kennedy will focus on economic issues amid Brexit tensions.
John A. Farrell’s Ted Kennedy: A Life Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award
The National Book Foundation announced the Longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 4.
Lawrence Wright in The New Yorker
Lawrence Wright examines the path and impact of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al Qaeda—an Egyptian-born surgeon whose biography, like that of his colleague, didn’t entirely match terrorist stereotypes.