Prabhakar said that she has taught Moshfegh’s story “Bettering Myself,” collected in the 2017 book, Homesick for Another World, for almost a decade. The story is narrated by a Catholic school math ...

Cusk and Portman do have a real-life connection; in 2024 the actor selected Cusk’s Parade for her book club, Literary Hub notes. “Forever in awe of Rachel Cusk and the way she disrupts form and the ...

What could be more perfect for whiling away languid summer days than a sweet romance novel? It’s comforting to know that, despite hiccups, the leads will have their happily-ever-afters; you can relax ...

Benjamin Alire Sáenz, whose novels for adults and young readers explored Mexican American and gay identities, has died at 71, El Paso Matters reports. Sáenz, a New Mexico native ...

The television adaptation of David Nicholls’ You Are Here has found its stars. Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy will play the lead roles in the BBC/Starz series, Variety reports.

Obama also reposted a video shared by the Obama Foundation, in which the former president urged readers to read a book at his recently opened presidential center, which features a branch of the ...

Simon, the rescue dog who played a major role in Isabel Klee’s memoir, Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About, has died, the author revealed on Instagram.

A24 has released an official “first look” video about Tony, the upcoming Anthony Bourdain biopic based on two chapters from the late chef and author’s Kitchen Confidential.

Morgan Spector will play Langdon in Netflix’s upcoming series adaptation of Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets, De ...

Paramount has rounded out the main cast of its upcoming film adaptation of Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Variety reports. Sky Yang and Sean Kaufman hav ...

Patricia Lockwood took home the $10,000 award for ‘Will There Ever Be Another You.’ ...

Gates’ fiction pick is Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability, a novel about a family dealing with the aftermath of a fatal accident involving their self-driving minivan. “A novel that deals with big questions ...