Straight's forthcoming novel follows three California nurses during the height of the COVID-19 surge in August 2020 ...

Four American-Statesman journalists are finalists for two prestigious national awards for their reporting last year on book ...

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Four works were named winners of the 2025 Anisfeld-Wolf Book Awards, which strives to deepen the understanding of race and ...

A true smorgasbord is on offer for readers this week. Care for an inspirational memoir? Reminders of the precarious position ...

The jury, led by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, included National Book Awards finalist Deesha Philyaw and former AWBA winners Peter Ho Davies, Charles King and Tiya Miles.

The National Book Award finalist is exclusively sharing a first look at the cover of her forthcoming novel, Sacrament, with PEOPLE. And as she explains, it "thrills" her. While the book itself ...