Steven Wise, Champion of Animal Rights, Is Dead at 73
He filed lawsuits to define chimpanzees as persons and to establish their right to what [+]
At Jeremiah Brent’s Book Party Pondering: What Makes a Home?
While celebrating Jeremiah Brent’s first book, guests pondered the keys to a home, from lighting [+]
Book Review: ‘The Bloodied Nightgown,’ by Joan Acocella
In a posthumous collection, “The Bloodied Nightgown,” Joan Acocella pays tribute to her many and [+]
Book Review: ‘This American Ex-Wife,’ by Lyz Lenz
Lyz Lenz opens up about an unhappy union, and what she learned from it, in [+]
Book Review: ‘Out of the Darkness,’ by Frank Trentmann
In “Out of the Darkness,” Frank Trentmann details the way people in the country that [+]
Rabbi Jules Harlow, 92, Dies; Helped Redefine Conservative Jewish Prayer
Rabbi Harlow’s prayer books, including “Siddur Sim Shalom,” became the standards of worship in Conservative [+]
It’s Alive! EC Comics Returns
Oni Press will revive the beloved horror and sci-fi name with new stories starting this [+]
Book Review: ‘Carson McCullers: A Life,’ by Mary V. Dearborn
A new biography chronicles this essential American writer’s complicated love life, celebrated career and singular [+]
Charles V. Hamilton, an Apostle of ‘Black Power,’ Dies at 94
He popularized the term “institutional racism" and, with Stokely Carmichael, wrote a book in 1967 [+]
A Celebrity Dies, and New Biographies Pop Up Overnight. The Author? A.I.
Books — often riddled with gross grammatical and factual errors — are appearing for sale [+]