This week, Andrew McCarthy’s movie roles in “Pretty in Pink,” “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Weekend at Bernie’s,” and “Less Than Zero” made him a star. He’s considered one of the so-called “Brat Pack” – which has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. He writes about that decade of his life in “Brat: An ’80s Story.”
Writer Séamas O’Reilly’s mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow...
Pulitzer Prize-finalist and best-selling author Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel, “Demon Copperhead” re-imagines Charles Dicken’s “David Copperfield” set in West Virginian Appalachia at the beginning...
New York Times columnist Gail Collins has written a new book on a subject that is timelier than ever: women and aging in America....