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Author Interviews
Unacceptable Anger From 'The Woman Upstairs'
()"Women's anger is very scary to people," author Claire Messud says. Her new novel, The Woman Upstairs, features a seething main character, a young woman whose anger is unsettling.
Decades Later And Across An Ocean, A Novel Gets Its Due
John Williams' long-forgotten Stoner is now a best-seller across much of Europe.
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Siblings' Separation Haunts In 'Kite Runner' Author's Latest
Khaled Hosseini's novel And The Mountains Echoed focuses on a family's loss, not political turmoil.
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Stories Of Hope Amid America's 'Unwinding'
The New Yorker's George Packer examines how ordinary people are adapting to a new America.
()'Waiting To Be Heard' No More, Amanda Knox Speaks Out ()
May 18, 2013 Less than two months into her study abroad program in Italy, Amanda Knox was accused and eventually convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher. After her conviction was overturned, Knox returned home to Seattle — and now faces a potential retrial. Knox tells her story in a new memoir.
Books
Author Elliott Holt Says: 'Go West, Young Woman'()
May 18, 2013 In this Q&A, author Elliott Holt discusses her six favorite novels about expatriates. She also talks about what it's like to be in your 20s, and the importance of travel and exploration.
Dan Brown: 'Inferno' Is 'The Book That I Would Want To Read'()
May 18, 2013 Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.
'That's That': A Memoir Of Loving And Leaving Northern Ireland()
May 18, 2013 Colin Broderick's new memoir, That's That, chronicles his childhood in Northern Ireland during the modern-day "Troubles." Broderick says growing up in what was essentially a war zone seemed normal to him at the time.
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'Picture Cook': Drawings Are The Key Ingredients In These Recipes()
May 17, 2013 Designer Katie Shelly's upcoming cookbook offers 50 illustrated recipe "blueprints" for basic meals — from simple snacks to more hefty dishes like eggplant Parmesan. She hopes they'll inspire any level of cook to improvise in the kitchen.
Neil Gaiman Turns His Grad Speech Into 'Good Art'()
May 14, 2013 Neil Gaiman's new book is based on a speech he delivered to graduates of Philadelphia's University of the Arts. When life gets tough, he told them, "make good art." It's advice that served him well when he turned a failed '90s TV series into the "much-loved" novel Neverwhere.
