Classicist and translator Emily Wilson published a critical review christopher nolan’s odyssey In London Review of Books. Wilson loved Greek myths since childhood and has translated both iliad And odyssey. She has a tattoo of a spear on one leg and a bow on the other – she says they represent Achilles and Odysseus. The
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The longlist for this year’s Booker Prize, announced on Tuesday, includes 13 books covering a variety of genres, from thriller to dystopian science-fiction to love story. Two previous winners have again made the prestigious list – Douglas Stuart, who won shuggie bann in 2020, and Marlon James, who won the award in 2015 A Brief
Road trips have always been more important than the destination. Authors Anne Hartnett and Kevin Wilson discuss the coincidences that connect their favorite road trip stories and their latest novels. copy Juana Summers, host: The most important character in any road trip story is the car. When Anne Hartnett was writing “The Road to Tender
Leila Slimani’s latest book, I’ll Take the Fire, is the third in a trilogy inspired by the generations of her Moroccan French family. She is also the author of the bestselling thriller The Perfect Nanny. He is photographed above in Paris on March 17, 2026. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joel
Image copyright © Phoebe Wahl 2026 / Courtesy of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers There is a braiding craze in the second grade class. They’ll knit anything: shoelaces, hair, friendship bracelets, the tails of their toy ponies. But Noah has nothing to braid. So his teacher takes a whiteboard cloth and tears it into
Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery at the age of 24 and lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. His memoir is c.Loisted: My Years as a Nun. Originally published March 20, 2024. Listen to the original interview author interview A former nun explains why she fled her ‘cloistered’ life
For most people, knowledge of what life is like on the job for healthcare workers comes primarily from two limited vantage points: watching television shows and experiencing their own patient care. The same is true for many people who eventually become doctors and nurses, as Grace Faris reminds us in her sensitive, energetic graphic memoir,
In December 1986, prosecutors in Pinellas County, Florida faced a problem. He failed to get the death penalty against Jack Piercey in the 1985 murder of 14-year-old Shelley Boggio. The night before her naked body was found floating in the Intracoastal Waterway with 31 stab wounds, Shelley had spent time with Piercey, his girlfriend, and
Shireen Rizvi is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-authored the book Real Skills for Real Life: A DBT Guide to Overcoming Stress, Emotions, and Relationships. Jesse Finkelstein/Sonya Barlas/NPR hide caption toggle caption Jesse Finkelstein/Sonya Barlas/NPR Think about the last time you were distressed. How did you cope with it? Have you taken