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Oprah Winfrey selects Jesmyn Ward's 'Let Us Descend' for her book club

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick highlights an author she has long admired, Jesmyn Ward. On Tuesday, Winfrey announced she had selected Ward's “Let Us Descend,” which comes out this week.

Oct 24, 2023 6:25 AM Read more >

Cuomo could have run again for NY governor, but declined for family reasons, former top aide writes

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Gov.

Oct 23, 2023 4:53 PM Read more >

Book Review: ‘A Brief History of Intelligence’ may help humans shape the future of AI

Ever wonder how Homo sapiens got so smart? How come we developed actual language when all the other animals didn’t? How about what first made a nematode turn its body in a different direction? Or… what’s a nematode? Answers to those questions and muc

Oct 23, 2023 12:29 PM Read more >

Book Review: Sandra Newman puts a feminist spin on ‘1984’ with ‘Julia'

Rejoice, comrades! Almost 75 years after George Orwell’s “1984” was published in 1949, readers can return to Airstrip One with its Newspeak and Ministries of Truth, Peace, Love and Plenty.

Oct 23, 2023 10:59 AM Read more >

New Netflix thriller tackling theme of justice in Nigeria is a global hit and a boon for Nollywood

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian action thriller that tells a gripping story of corruption and police brutality in Africa’s most populous country has reached record viewership numbers on Netflix charts globally.

Oct 22, 2023 1:10 AM Read more >

Brooks wins Brazil surfing event after bid for Canadian citizenship turned down

SAQUAREMA, Brazil — Teenage surfer Erin Brooks, whose bid for Canadian citizenship was denied this week, won the Corona Saquarema Pro on Saturday.

Oct 21, 2023 1:14 PM Read more >

Britney Spears' book 'The Woman In Me' makes private details public, and public events personal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears' highly anticipated memoir “The Woman in Me” will be released Tuesday, revealing the pop superstar's personal take on events that have played out publicly in her decades as one of the most scrutinized figures in Amer

Oct 20, 2023 7:26 AM Read more >

Will Smith joins Jada Pinkett Smith at book talk, calls their relationship brutal and beautiful

BALTIMORE (AP) — Will Smith joined Jada Pinkett Smith on stage as she promoted her new memoir in her Baltimore hometown Wednesday night, pledging lifelong support for her just a week after she revealed that the couple had been separated since 2016.

Oct 19, 2023 12:17 PM Read more >

National Business Book Award finalists include top Bay Street names, ex-BoC governor

TORONTO — The former governor of the Bank of Canada and several top Bay Street names are among the three finalists for the National Business Book Award 2023.

Oct 18, 2023 9:43 AM Read more >

Erik Larson's next book closely tracks the months leading up to the Civil War

NEW YORK (AP) — The next book by Erik Larson, widely known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current events.

Oct 18, 2023 8:28 AM Read more >