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John Green, author of “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Looking for Alaska,” will join Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar on ...

“How to Survive a Bear Attack,” by Claire Cameron, Knopf Canada, $34.95.

Pulitzer-winning biographer Ron Chernow will discuss his new biography of Mark Twain on June 10 at Immanuel Congregational ...

Are you yearning for the days when fantasy novels weren’t all some variation of the same A Noun of Noun and Noun title? Dying ...

Do you ever find yourself in a reading rut? If so, you’re not alone! Each of us enjoys our favorites. However, if we are ...

Of American poets born after the Civil War, Pound and Eliot have the strongest claim on long attention, though both in recent ...

For almost four decades, Michael Connelly has set his characters loose in a city of big dreams and lucky breaks. Now they’re facing an altered landscape. So is he. By Elisabeth Egan In ...

Dave Bautista has won viewers' hearts with his movies, and these upcoming projects are sure to keep the streak going.

Happy Friday. This is Zack Stanton. Get in touch. IN MEMORIAM: “Rep. Raúl Grijalva, one of Arizona's longest-serving congressmen, dies at 77,” by the Arizona Republic’s Ronald Hansen and ...

Novelist Laila Lalami’s trepidation about big tech and data collection led her to imagine a world in which even dreams are ...

Latecomers are seated at the discretion of management. The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. One missionary ...