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He is easy to quote, but what would the iconoclastic British socialist really have thought about politics today?

Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press) Vuong, a Vietnamese American poet, won great acclaim with his first novel, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.” His latest is sent in East Gladness, Conn., where a ...

Popular books have a way of finding their way into homes across the globe. Indeed, certain books transcend geographical boundaries and entice readers from all walks of life and cultural backgrounds.

Matthew Pearl gained notice for penning novels centered on literary figures thrust into historical mysteries/thrillers. “The ...

After he and his brother join them in New York, the novel opens out into a more conventional consideration of rootlessness ...

I’ve been an Ernest Hemingway aficionado since my teens, so I was pleased to read the Library of America’s collection of the ...

“Dickens in Ohio” is available for purchase on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

The Broadway star is lending her voice to an animated film about the life of Jesus Christ — a project she has described as "both a professional and personal milestone." ...

The Queen heard the tale when she visited the Charles Dickens Museum, established in the writer’s only remaining London home, to celebrate its 100th anniversary and hear its patrons, actors Miriam ...

The author of “Let the Great World Spin” leans on allusions and maxims in his new novel about a deep-sea cable repairman. Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “Theft” examines the lives of an expanding ...

The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945 has long been regarded as a historical watershed – but did it mark the start of a new era or the culmination of longer-term trends? Philip ...