News & Interviews
B.A. Paris
After her bestselling debut, Behind Closed Doors, the mystery writer is back with her second novel. She confesses that until recently she'd kept her literary success a secret—even from her closest friends.
Michael Connelly
Prolific thriller writer Michael Connelly kicks off a new series (and introduces readers to police officer Renée Ballard, based on one of Connelly's friends) in The Late Show.
Arundhati Roy
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Twenty years after The God of Small Things, Roy's second novel arrives this month. She talks about her political activism in India and how she found the plot of her new book.
Joshilyn Jackson
Novelist Jackson has made a career of writing about the lives of strong Southern women. Here she shares some of her all-time-favorite Southern female characters.
Alissa Nutting
Nutting's latest novel is a bawdy look at marriage and monogamy, featuring sex dolls and mind-control chips. In this spirit, the author shares her "funniest bad sex scenes."
Matthew Quick
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The author of The Silver Linings Playbook is known for his complicated characters who face adversity. Here he recommends books about overcoming past traumas.
Want to Read
Cora Carmack
Carmack answers your questions about wildly ambitious childhood dreams, favorite book quotes, and the best friend brainstorm session that helped her create the magic system of Roar.
Jenny Han
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It began with To All the Boys I've Loved Before, and now it ends with Always and Forever, Lara Jean. Jenny Han answers your questions about farewells, Hogwarts houses, and food.
Penny Reid
Life coaches and professional cuddlers and medication, oh my! Dating-ish author Penny Reid shares her favorite books on relationship research.
Megan Whalen Turner
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Bow down to YA royalty—Megan Whalen Turner is back with a new The Queen's Thief adventure. She shares the books that inspire her love of history and magic.
Ilona Andrews
Turn up the heat with White Hot, Ilona Andrews' sizzling new paranormal romance. The husband-and-wife writing team answers your questions about magical abilities and character names.
Kylie Scott
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Feeling thirsty? Maybe one of Kylie Scott’s hunky bartenders can help. The author answers your questions about love at first sight, go-to drinks, and her new Dive Bar book, Twist.
Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day
Mark Bradford is best known for his large abstract paintings. He uses fragments of posters, billboards, newsprint, and other found objects to create commentaries on class, race, and gender through his lens as a black American artist.
Robert Rauschenberg by Leah Dickerman
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"Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made (I try to act in the gap between the two)," American painter and graphic artist Robert Rauschenberg once said.
Barbershop Books
Barbershop Books is a community-based literacy program that creates friendly reading spaces in barbershops for boys.
Reach Out & Read
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Through the program, Reach Out & Read-trained doctors give books to children at each of ten well-child visits, from infancy until they start school.
Zinzi Clemmons
Zinzi Clemmons found the plot of her first novel as she struggled to deal with her mother's death. The result is What We Lose, a gut-punch of a debut that examines issues of identity and grief.
Matthew J. Sullivan
This Denver literary mystery features a cast of bookish characters and a dark crime. The author took his inspiration from working at bookstores and the readers he encountered.
Lisa Ko
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In The Leavers a Chinese woman is deported, leaving her American-born son alone. The author talks about the ripped-from-the-headlines inspiration for her book.
Kevin Hart
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Kevin Hart tells us how he messed up his college applications, and the lesson he learned from his mistake.
