“Catapult” works because of its aw-shucks quality. Despite the sidebars into prickly themes, the book never strays far from what its subtitle promises. We watch two young men, men who can use “a ...

Author Tim O'Brien trained for the Catholic priesthood before becoming a primary school teacher, then a residential social worker and finally a police officer before retiring. In 2024 he published ...

Mustafa Suleyman's 'The Coming Wave' delves into the rapid proliferation of AI, highlighting its transformative potential and ...

With folk traditions and sui generis prose, Amos Tutuola enthralled readers with his magic realist novel “The Palm-Wine Drinkard.” By Anderson Tepper Anderson Tepper is curator of international ...

Right on cue, Franklin and Loretta, a couple who had made a fortune in motion pictures, show up backstage and challenge Farnum, whisking Alida away from her captor and into the world of Hollywood high ...

The meeting place of facts, ego, ignorance and politics typically is a messy arena as Tim Weiner illustrates over and over in this powerful account of the Central Intelligence Agency actions since the ...

Jonathan Hickman has a reputation for being the best writer in comics, and Ultimate Spider-Man #16 is an example of why. Gwen Stacy is something of a controversial character in recent years. She’s ...

Trigger warning for any daughter who has ever had a fraught relationship with their mother: Gish Jen’s remarkable and heartbreaking latest book, “Bad Bad Girl,” may prompt a flood of feelings not felt ...

Margaret Atwood is an indefatigable time traveler. The prolific Canadian author, perhaps best known for “The Handmaid’s Tale” and its phenomenally successful Hulu series adaptation, has written 17 ...