Here's how pop culture and literature have been intersecting lately ... Actor Donald Sutherland’s memoir, titled Made Up, But Still True, will be published November 12 (Associated Press). Jill Biden has written a picture book about the &quo...
Earlier we had a roundup of literary obituaries; now we have a collection of losses that aren't the humans themselves. The Joseph Koch Comic Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, is set to close, in favor of a smaller (and less expensive) space; you c...
Here are the literary deaths that either occurred recently or popped into the news recently: Daniel Kahneman, the psychologist who wrote the 2011 bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow, died March 27 at the age of ninety. His research on how our psycholo...
Today's award roundup is a mixture of winners and nominees. The winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which honor books that contribute to our understanding of racism and appreciation of diversity, have been announced: Maxine Hong Kingston (...