Carolyn Kellogg

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke were each awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature -- but the awards weren't without controversy.

Today’s Nobel Prizes in literature? A home run and a strikeout.

October 10, 2019 at 8:28 p.m.

Two Nobel Prizes in Literature were awarded today, and both went to acclaimed European authors: Poland's Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian Peter Handke, who has an ugly political history. The two...

President Donald J. Trump (right) and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a press conference on the second day of the NATO Summit in Brussels on July 12.

Review of ‘The Death of Truth’: Michiko Kakutani turns to Donald Trump and fake news

December 17, 2018 at 10:11 p.m.

Michiko Kakutani had the best literary criticism job in America. As chief book critic for the New York Times, she could review any book she wanted and won the Pulitzer...

Annie Proulx at the 68th National Book Awards.

Masha Gessen, Jesmyn Ward, Robin Benway and Frank Bidart win National Book Awards

May 9, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

Jesmyn Ward won her second National Book Award for fiction — for “Sing, Unburied, Sing” on Wednesday night at a ceremony in New York. She took the stage and looked...

National Book Award for Young People’s Literature longlist announced

May 9, 2019 at 11:40 p.m.

The National Book Foundation on Monday announced the 10 books longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The list includes a previous National Book Award winner,...

Amazon to open second brick-and-mortar shop in San Diego

June 9, 2018 at 5:29 a.m.

Amazon's second brick-and-mortar bookstore will open in San Diego this summer, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The final sign of the bookstore was just that — a sign. Signage over...

Billy Paul, center, a jazz and soul singer best known for the No. 1 hit ballad and "Philadelphia Soul" classic "Me and Mrs. Jones," died April 24, 2016. He was 81. <a href="http://bancodeprofissionais.com/entertainment/music/ct-billy-paul-obit-20160424-story.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>.

Novelist Umberto Eco dies at 84; wrote ‘Name of the Rose’

December 18, 2018 at 12:17 a.m.

Umberto Eco, an Italian novelist and intellectual of worldwide renown who imbued his work with humor and scholarship and whose novel "The Name of the Rose" became a global phenomenon,...

In ‘A Full Life,’ Jimmy Carter at 90 remains a wise truth teller

June 24, 2019 at 3:42 p.m.

Jimmy Carter let me down. Not with his book "A Full Life: Reflections at 90" — a warm and detailed memoir of his youth followed by a clear-eyed assessment of...

Ray Bradbury’s Los Angeles home of 50 years is being torn down

April 6, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

Ray Bradbury lived in his 1937 Los Angeles home for more than 50 years. After the author of "Fahrenheit 451" died in 2012, the house was readied for sale. The...

Chicago man gored in Pamplona writes that he’ll run with the bulls again

June 17, 2018 at 4:48 p.m.

Chicago author Bill Hillmann wrote about how not to get gored by bulls in Pamplona in "Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona," then got gored in Pamplona. And...

Scarlett Johansson wins case against bestselling French novelist

December 18, 2018 at 3:02 a.m.

Scarlett Johansson has won her lawsuit against French writer Grégoire Delacourt over his novel "La premiere chose qu'on regard" (not yet published in English, the title translates roughly as "The...

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