By Sara Novic In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. By Abby McGanney Nolan How ...
Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...
The deaths of Abraham Lincoln, JFK and Natasha Richardson were some of the most shocking deaths by brain injury in history, but this new book by brain surgeon Theodore H. Schwartz delves into ...
The book will keep “his legacy alive,” Navalnaya said. “Playing Possum,” a new book by the philosopher Susana Monsó, explores the mysteries of grief and mourning in the animal world.
John Connery Heffernan III, the gonzo screenwriter behind the 2006 cult hit, was never suited for the country club life into which he was born. In Hollywood, he found his people, his purpose and ...
In a new memoir, Al Pacino promises to reveal the person behind the actor. But is he holding something back? In his new novel, the present isn’t much better than the past—and it’s a lot less ...
For the past 20+ years, the Rotary Club of Indio has presented all third graders in the city of Indio with either a dictionary or a book of their own. That adds up to 14 elementary schools ...