The KUOW Book Club read "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler" by Susana M. Morris this month. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell. Morris joined me on Zoom recently to talk ...

Buckeye is an historical novel set, as its title indicates, in Ohio. Stretching from pre-World War II to the close of the 20th century, the story focuses on two married couples whose lives intersect.

Correction: This story has been updated to correct a misspelling of Erin Kodicek's name. Get ready to get your tissues out – Amazon’s best books of the year list is full of heartfelt weepers that will ...

Bottled at 120.8 proof, the latest Infinite release — like its predecessor — combines 7-, 10-, and 22-year-old bourbons, all distilled by Booker, Fred, and Freddie Noe. David Thomas Tao is an ...

The finalists for this year's National Book Awards have been announced. Among the 25 nominees are novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as journalists Julia Ioffe and Omar El Akkad, ...

Banned Books Week has begun and new titles are dominating this year's top challenged list. Banned Books Week is Oct. 5-11 and this year's theme is, "Censorship Is so 1984. Read for Your Rights." The ...

In the Jewish calendar, the holiest day of the year is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement—Oct. 2 this year. It is a fast day. Observant Jews eat and drink nothing between twilight on the eve of Yom ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Charlie Sheen’s swaggering return to the spotlight arrives not ...

“The Feeling of Iron,” by Giaime Alonge, follows two Holocaust survivors on a quest for revenge. By Lea Carpenter Lea Carpenter is a novelist, screenwriter and lecturer in law at Columbia Law School.

Understanding the past "gives us perspective" on current events, said GQ. "And right now, we sorely need perspective." With "war raging in Europe" and Donald Trump causing chaos across the pond, it's ...

On Monday, court documents revealed that AI company Anthropic spent millions of dollars physically scanning print books to build Claude, an AI assistant similar to ChatGPT. In the process, the company ...

CHARLOTTE — As Jon Rahm got up from his chair in the interview tent on Sunday at Quail Hollow, he took one last, quick glance at a television screen. Minutes earlier, the Spaniard had thoughtfully and ...