In a new book, Robell Awake uncovers the legacy of Black artisans in the U.S. By the time he obtained his freedom sometime between 1850 and 1860, and settled in Williamson County, Tennessee, Richard ...

Ben Shattuck's collection of short stories "The History of Sound" is now out. (Author photo courtesy Andreas Burgess; book cover courtesy Penguin Random House) If you are not in the habit of reading ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee has spent his career chronicling the daily toll of violence and inequality. In ...

From debut novels to memoirs, find out which four University of Iowa alumni landed on the longlist for the 2025 National Book ...

African American history does not provide a great vantage point on the history of human flourishing. Instead, it is one of the most depressing subfields in American history—second perhaps only to ...

It is just a building, of course, standing near the corner of Broadway and Lawrence Avenues in the city’s Uptown neighborhood, from which it takes its name. It has “lived” for 100 years, most of them ...

From meeting prominent authors to attending book events, there is something for every type of book lover this season.

A tiny barking dog links Rembrandt’s Night Watch to Adriaen van de Venne, revealing how smart borrowing became vivid storytelling. The post The Hidden Detail That Links Rembrandt to a Fellow Dutch ...

Reprinted from Guinness: A Family Succession: The True Story of the Struggle to Create the World's Largest Brewery by Arthur Edward Guinness and Antonia Hart (Batsford, 2025).

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith describes Kamala Harris’ new book “107 Days” as the “last straw” in her political career.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc has filed for bankruptcy protection. The No. 2 U.S. bookseller, which operates namesake superstores as well as the smaller Waldenbooks chain, has contended with ...

NEW YORK, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc has filed for bankruptcy protection. [ID:nN16268041] The No. 2 U.S. bookseller, which operates namesake superstores as well as the smaller Waldenbooks ...