Benjamin Alire Saenz, a writer and artist from El Paso, Texas, has died at the age of 71 after a long illness. Saenz wrote for various age groups and earned several awards for his work. Saenz’s novel carry me like water and poetry collection Dark and Perfect Angels Received the Southwest Book Awards in 1996,
James F. Comely has found success in entrepreneurship and has made it her mission to share the insights from her journey with other aspiring small business owners. Small business success depends on many factors, but perseverance and adaptability define achieving the modern American dream. As an experienced entrepreneur and small business owner, James F. Comely
There is no doubt that Japanese literature has been one of the outstanding successes for British bookshops in recent years: almost half of the best-selling translated fiction titles in 2024 were from Japan. Most Japanese fiction translated into English fits into broad categories – cats, crime, coffee shops – but one surprising bestseller stands alone.
AMichael Cunningham, an eight-year-old living in comfortable, concrete, suburban California, was forced to make art before he understood what it was, or could do: for example, a painting of souls ascending to heaven, in which heaven looked like the Griffith Park Observatory and all the dead were depicted in profile because his creator did not
Renowned Iranian writer Shahranush Parsipour, whose subversive works of feminist fiction landed her repeatedly in jail, has died at the age of 80. A pioneer of women’s literature in Iran, Parsipour satirized the country’s patriarchal culture in novels including Women Without Men and Touba and the Meaning of Night. He was imprisoned four times under
opting out © 2026, Maiya Kobabe and Swati “Lucky” Sreekumar, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Graphics used with permission graphics hide caption toggle caption graphics In a key scene from the new middle grade graphic novel opting out, 12-year-old Sachi’s father is encouraging her: “You don’t start out good at something. You get better and
what a trip! Zamir Nazir, one of three finalists for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, was charged with using AI to create his work. won the overall award. ICYMI: The online allegations began shortly after the Commonwealth Foundation in May announced the five regional winners who will compete for the overall prize. reader, writer, and
TeaThat accident happened without warning during the holidays. The culprit: an Airbnb bedside table with no power outlet. A minor inconvenience causes the mobile phone to be placed in another room for the night on the last breath of ions. As I lay in bed, desperately trying to stop the wild surge of my thoughts,
Jane Yolen in 1989. Denver Post/AP hide caption toggle caption Denver Post/AP Author Jane Yolen published an astonishing number of books in her lifetime – more than 450. He died last week at his home in Hatfield, Mass., at the age of 87. Her residence there marked the beginning of a career in which Yolen