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Fiction: ‘U.S.A.’ by John Dos Passos
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoBOOKSHELF In the preface to a 1985 article on John Dos Passos, the editors of the Wilson Quarterly struggled to find the right label for his magnum opus,...
Famous birthdays for Jan. 14: Dave Grohl, LL Cool J
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDave Grohl attends the 65th annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5. The rocker turns 55 on January 14. File Photo by...
‘Spain’ Off Broadway Review: A Movie Classic Gets a Makeover
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJen Silverman reimagines the story behind the making of "The Spanish Earth" The post ‘Spain’ Off...
Your Guide to Joyce Carol Oates's Best Books
Parade via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWe're counting down Joyce Carol Oates's best books, including her newest novel. David Livingston/Getty Images Joyce Carol Oates is having a moment. The...
The Bitter Drink
Esquire via Yahoo News· 1 week agoLegendary novelist John Dos Passos tells the story of economist Thorstein Veblen, the outspoken Progressive Era critic of capitalism who coined the phase...
What to Read This Spring
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoBOOKSHELF ‘The Unexpected Abigail Adams’ Review: Present at the Creation The press reminded John Adams’s wife of an ‘envenomed toad’ spitting forth...
My mother, the debutante Communist: An American family story of love, loss and J. Edgar Hoover
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMy Mother Was A Communist Photo illustration by Salon/Photos courtesy of author/Getty Images/Clever...
John Van Gieson, Florida newsman credited with bestowing famous nickname, dies at 84
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTALLAHASSEE – John C. Van Gieson, a journalist whose career covering Florida politics and the state...
June Carter Cash documentary celebrates a musical icon 'hiding in plain sight'
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn auto-harp-playing entertainer from Maces Spring, Virginia, was actually a legend hiding in plain...
Novelist Don Winslow is out to save America from Donald Trump — and an existential crisis
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDon Winslow stopped writing novels to wage war on politics: 'I called Donald Trump a fascist in...