His new novel “Orfeo” offers a lifetime’s worth of great listening.
American Library Association praises “When the Beat Was Born”
REVIEW | All the elements are here for a thrilling drama, but the whole production never generates much heat.
Mark Slouka’s “Brewster” is one of the 10 Alex Award winners this year.
Kate DiCamillo wins her second Newbery Medal for “Flora & Ulysses.“
“The Son,” his saga of Texas and oil, was one of the most spectacular novels of 2013.
An in-depth conversation at the beautifully restored Old Naval Hospital on Feb. 6.
For this special issue, a range of scholars chose the books that inspire them most.
A brilliant novel tells the tale of an avant-garde composer accused of bioterrorism.
An essay about South Africa by Jonny Steinberg and a story about dying by David Gates are among the highlights of the winter issue.
Collection of short stories is expected to appear in September.
Harlequin plans to release the book in 2015.
The new issue of the Virginia Review Quarterly contains a version of the U.S. Poet Laureate’s speech at the Library of Congress.
REVIEW | The rambling testimony of a depressed scientist presents a puzzle that’s not worth solving.
After 12 years on the Mall, the Library of Congress event is moving to the D.C. convention center.
After 12 years on the Mall, the National Book Festival is moving to the Washington Convention Center.
In a bleak, future America, a young woman strikes out to find her lover.
They survived Sierra Leone’s civil war, but can they rebuild their lives?
Bruce Wagner and Roland Merullo present two very different novels on the challenges of spiritual devotion.