In “Stranger Than Fiction,” Edwin Frank maps a path from Dostoyevsky to Sebald, finding mystical power and surprising ties ...

His time in rotation at Massachusetts General Hospital inspired not a lifelong medical career but a book — and a movie ... novels like 1969′s “The Andromeda Strain” and 1990′s “Jurassi ...

It's the last novel from the writer and filmmaker who gave the world books like Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain and Congo ...

By Catherine Hong The Coming of the ‘Messiah’: How Handel’s Masterpiece Was Born John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political ...

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The fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that entertained and enlightened us This project is led by Lucy Feldman and Annabel Gutterman, with writing by Judy Berman, Shannon Carlin, Eliana Dockterman ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe one of the most famous deep-sky objects, the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31). Named for its location in the constellation ...

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor. A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones ...

The fiction, nonfiction and poetry that shifted our perspectives, uncovered essential truths and encouraged us forward Annabel Gutterman, Cady Lang, Arianna Rebolini and Lucas Wittmann This ...