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Frankfurt fair shakes up book world with art, tech gadgetsOct 17, 2016FRANKFURT (AFP) - There will still be more books than you could ever read, but visitors to this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair will also be invited to don virtual reality goggles, visit an interactive cl...
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Nobel: ‘Bravo for Dylan’Oct 17, 2016NEW YORK (AP) -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the last links to the early days of the Beat poetry movement, never doubted the artistry of Bob Dylan or his worthiness of the Nobel prize. “Bravo for ...
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Cho Chong-nae’s ‘The Human Jungle’ available in EnglishOct 12, 2016Korean historical fiction writer Cho Chong-nae’s epic tome “The Human Jungle” has been published in English by Chin Music Press Inc., a San Francisco-based company. The novel, which portrays China t... -
Today will be different. Except, of course, it won'tOct 12, 2016“Today Will Be Different” By Maria Semple Little, Brown (336 pages, $27) Maria Semple understands women on the verge -- she just likes to have a little fun at their (our?) expense. She’s empatheti... -
More irresistible tails from a cat-loving manOct 12, 2016“Close Encounters of the Furred Kind: New Adventures with My Sad Cat & Other Feline Friends” By Tom Cox Thomas Dunne (265 pages, $24.99) Fans of cat man Tom Cox and his merry band of pets can rejo... -
How pianist Van Cliburn captured Russian heartsOct 12, 2016“Moscow Nights” By Nigel Cliff Harper (452 pages, $28.99) In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, a gangly young Texan with an impressive mop of blond curls and an aw-shucks manner traveled to the... -
Nicholas Sparks debuts 20th novel, “Two By Two”Oct 12, 2016“Two By Two” By Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) In 1996, Nicholas Sparks introduced the world to Allie and Noah in his best-selling novel “The Notebook.” Their story became an overnight... -
Caroline Leavitt writes of off-kilter ’60s AmericaOct 12, 2016For fans of Emma Cline’s best-selling debut “The Girls,” Caroline Leavitt’s “Cruel Beautiful World” offers another opportunity to spend time in the wild, off-kilter America of the late 1960s, the per... -
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem talks about life on the roadOct 12, 2016Gloria Steinem was under the weather. Her famously level gaze that for decades could silently convey “Really?” looked only weary as she sipped pomegranate juice to ease a cough. Always svelte, Stei... -
Korean writer, translator launch US book tourOct 5, 2016As part of a move to help promote Korean literature abroad, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea is hosting book launch events in various US cities. The books to be unveiled are Bae Su-ah’s... -
Poetry of life’s paradoxes in ‘Belly Button Disc’Oct 5, 2016“Whether the cow is brown, black or spotted, its milk is all white,” Kim Dong-ho muses in “White Milk,” included in his newly published compilation of translated poems “Belly Button Disc.” The book ... -
A writer’s wisdom of the ages -- at 60Oct 5, 2016“Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning?” By Ian Brown The Experiment (320 pages, $24.95) As a cranky wit and a wondrous observer, Ian Brown h... -
Pulitzer prize journalist takes on Donald TrumpOct 5, 2016Over an election season dominated by blatant flip-flops and lofty claims, there is one position that Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump has stood by firmly: He hates the media. But his ... -
Mark Seliger takes on the unsung in book of trans portraitsOct 5, 2016NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly 50 years have passed since police raided New York’s Stonewall Inn, touching off protests on Christopher Street that fueled the LGBT movement. To mark the moment, the popular ... -
The farm boy Oscar Wilde of fashion sends up its folliesOct 5, 2016PARIS (AFP) - He's an Instagram-era Oscar Wilde, the chronicler of fashion world follies whose little red book has become a must-have accessory as anything on the Paris catwalk. Loic Prigent’s “I Lo...
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