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My 92-year-old mom's politically engaged, widely read, a clothes horse and a quick draw with a cocktail shaker. Here's how ...
"Prose to the People," edited by Katie Mitchell, chronicles the legacy of past and present Black bookstore's throughout the ...
The Lake Forest women F. Scott Fitzgerald met when they were teenagers and whose inspiration were used as characters in “The Great Gatsby” had full lives. Here’s what we found ...
I recently went to a friend’s home and had the pleasure of reading a book to her 4-year-old granddaughter and I had forgotten ...
From children's books, to nonfiction, to mysteries and LGBTQ+ lit, discover the authors — who were librarians, or still are — ...
A group of moms started the Penobscot Children's Library 50 years ago. This week, they're celebrating that milestone.
Sir Norman Rosenthal on our ‘very peculiar’ modern world, artistic disagreements with King Charles and his work on Hockney’s ...
London’s Lady Gaga fans, now you can breathe. After intense speculation that Gaga was about to announce a string of huge London shows, now she’s done exactly that: the Mayhem Ball will ...
Regular tablets, like the iPad Mini, also make a great reading companion thanks to its bright display and access to multiple library apps. Ultimately, our testing considers all aspects of a ...
(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) Author Salman Rushdie appears at a press conference at the Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany on Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) This cover image ...
If you're the type to cope with daily anxieties and stress by burying your head in a pile of riveting true crime stories—the devil you know, as they say—then do we have just the reading list for you.
So, if immersing yourself in true crime stories makes you feel a little bit braver or a little bit more prepared, then have at it. From nonfiction books about shocking robberies and serial killers to ...