Bestselling author Francine Prose’s latest book “The Vixen,” is set in the glamorous world of New York publishing in the 1950s. It is the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice ripper. The novel is based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The assignment reveals the true cost of entering such a world.
“Alphabetical Diaries” by Sheila Heti contains a decade’s worth of thoughts, arranged in alphabetical order. The book is a chronicle of the self, of...
John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time, among them: “The World According to Garp,” “A Widow for One...
New York Times columnist Gail Collins has written a new book on a subject that is timelier than ever: women and aging in America....
