The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded Monday to two class-conscious novels: “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver’s modern recasting of the Dickens classic “David Copperfield,�…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 03:36PMJoshua Cohen’s “The Netanyahus,” a comic and rigorous campus novel based on the true story of the father of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking a job in academia, …
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 03:55PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The American Academy of Arts and Letters condemned the "abhorrent" conduct of members facing sexual harassment allegations, but declined to take fur…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:11PMRichard Wilbur, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator who intrigued and delighted generations of readers and theatergoers through his rhyming editions of Moliere and his own verse o…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:48PMNEW YORK (AP) -- "Sgt. Pepper" was only the beginning. Half a century after the Beatles' psychedelic landmark, it stands as just one of many musical astonis…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:17AMNEW YORK (AP) -- "Sgt. Pepper" was only the beginning. Half a century after the Beatles' psychedelic landmark, it stands as one of many musical astonishment…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:16AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Ron Chernow, the historian who helped inspire the musical "Hamilton," has a biography of Ulysses Grant coming out in October....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:41PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The much-publicized face-off between the cast of "Hamilton" and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, when actor Brandon Dixon read a brief statement fro…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:18PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Not even "Hamilton" can keep up with these numbers....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:47AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and 11 Tony Awards, "Hamilton" is a cultural phenomenon that stands as the most celebrated work of art ever inspired by…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:27PMSpeaking on stage at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre, Ta-Nehisi Coates remembered studying at Howard University and being mesmerized by a few lines from the poem "Personal Letter No. 3." "We a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:05PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The Broadway audience was on its feet. Not for "Hamilton" or "The Humans," but for a trio of celebrated writers: Toni Morrison, Ta…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:18AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sunken-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series "Barney …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:14PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The latest round of raves for Mary-Louise Parker is not for her acting, but for her writing....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:48AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Oscar winner Martin Scorsese is 73 and one of the world's most revered filmmakers. Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda is 35 and among the most dynamic actor-play…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:13AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Before his mother became the model for Blanche DuBois of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and his sister the inspiration for Laura Wingfield of "The Glass Menagerie," Tennesse…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:02AMAmiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:41PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking forc…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:14PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Stephen Sondheim and Paul Simon, two longtime New Yorkers and giants of American song, embody two very different musical traditions....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:02AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Gore Vidal seemed able not only to do anything, but to do it all at the same time. In the early 1960s, you might catch him on a television talk show, read an essay of hi…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:10PMGore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, his nephew said Tuesday.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:30AMGore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday, his nephew s…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:25AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who challenged and thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism and was loved, respected and feared for …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:57PMElizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars, died Wednesday at age 79.
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