Our mother’s body, according to our Buddhist custom, was to stay in place until dawn, undisturbed. My relatives took turns ...

Vuong is so committed to his notion of transcendent pseudo-lyric prose that he doesn’t even tell us what animal he means us ...

As a poet, Ocean Vuong has won every prize going. Now here’s The Emperor of Gladness, his second novel. His first, On Earth ...

Composer and pianist Anthony Cheung brings his acclaimed large-scale song cycle, the echoing of tenses, to Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 7:30pm, as the culminating ...

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, June 15, 2025, including hardcover and paperback ...

Previous recipients of the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award include Ocean Vuong, Jesmyn Ward and T.C. Boyle.

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Nantucket will host locals and out-of-towners for its annual namesake book festival June 12-15. Twenty-eight authors across ...

In economically depressed East Gladness, Connecticut, 19-year-old Hai, a suicidal college dropout, is talked off the ledge of ...

A selection of the best books of 2025 so far, spanning thrillers, memoirs, and standout fiction from celebrated authors and ...

Jane Singer, Public Library, and Charlie Hunts, owner of Charlie's Queer Books, recommend four books that showcase LGBTQ+ ...