Bestselling author Amor Towles will deliver the annual Wilkes University Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Bestselling author Amor Towles will deliver the annual ...

Seichō Matsumoto (1909–1992), credited with popularizing detective fiction in Japan, published his first book, Points and Lines, in 1958. He went on to write 30 novels, only a handful of which are ...

For some agents jumping ship, the brokerage claws are coming out. A former Brown Harris Stevens agent is suing the firm over its attempts to clawback more than $400,000 it claims he owes after his ...

“Who needs the Pulitzers? Next year it’s the Tom Wolfes.” That was one guest’s parting words to another, after Tuesday night’s dinner for the inaugural Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage at the ...

“What can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli.” — Amor Towles I was employed by the Laramie Parks and ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Virginia Brooks Manbeck, eclectic world traveler and librarian extraordinaire, passed away July 19 at the age of 84 while reading a book by Amor Towles. She was a victim of an ...

Trump admin reacts after James Comey, Letitia James Cases dismissed ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ cast reunites for 30th anniversary special: The stars then and now Donald Trump Just Got His Own Personal ...

When you make a purchase using links on our site, The Week may earn a commission. All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. Seventy years later, Lolita remains refreshing, funny, ...

This weekend, bibliophiles are trading pages for panels. On Saturday at the University of Southern California, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books kicked off its 30th year of delighting all types ...

In his 2023 book The Art Thief, author Michael Finkel crucially observed (my book review here) that “art is the result of facing almost no survival pressure of all.” So true, and it raises an exciting ...

In his 2023 book The Art Thief, author Michael Finkel crucially observed (my book review here) that “art is the result of facing almost no survival pressure of all.” So true, and it raises an exciting ...