“This man was poisoned! Oh, wait, is that blood? That is blood. This man was poisoned in the chest with...
Novels
In a new novella, “Death of an Author,” the writer, Aidan Marchine, describes a subpar plate of nachos this way:“The...
I met a good friend for dinner the other night and told her I was rereading Nora Ephron's novel, Heartburn,...
Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR Daughters and sisters are at the heart of three new fantasy novels that spin...
In the essay “Dreams of Her Real Self,” the Australian writer Helen Garner performs the difficult task of honestly appraising...
An art installation commemorates the novel Slaughterhouse-Five in the cellar of the former slaughterhouse where author Kurt Vonnegut, then an...
Jenny Kiefer is the owner of Butcher Cabin Books in Louisville, KY. The new bookstore specializes in horror novels. Source...
Author Cormac McCarthy attends the premiere of "The Road" in New York on Nov. 16, 2009. McCarthy has two novels...
Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR The comics renaissance continues this season with all sorts of great graphic novels in...
Do you still play games on your own for fun?I haven't, the last few years. That side of my brain—I've...