As Anthony Tommasini demonstrates in his new biography, the inspiring singer preferred to incite change through excellence, not banner-waving. By James Gavin In “Death of an Ordinary Man,” the ...

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Deal Alert: Target has a buy 2, get 1 free sale on the Dungeon Crawler Carl graphic novels through October 10. Matt Dinniman, in collaboration with Vault Comics, has also started to release the ...

Fiction by Edwidge Danticat, Valeria Luiselli and Karl Ove Knausgaard are among this year’s finalists for the National Book ...

This week's new YA book releases include stories marrying good and evil, dangerous hot springs, life-changing community service, and more.

Seven Birmingham-area authors release books this year, from true crime and holiday horror to poetry and local history.

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Three-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize. Nonfiction books cover the prison system and music, and queer parenthood.

The latest data on the midterm elections, presidential approval and more. No polls yet 5 new polls added 28 new polls added Caroline SolerPolling researcher Recent polls of the U.S. Senate race in ...

Sigrid Nunez’s first collection of short stories has a sharper edge than some of her novels. Her characters are social but secretly withdrawn, racked with regret or embarrassment, keeping secrets or ...