The fate of the USPS rule currently hangs in the balance before the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.

A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.

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I was in a small independent bookshop in Clapham when I came across Opening Night (2026) by Sara Baume. I have a self-imposed rule that I can’t leave an independent bookshop empty-handed &#82…

A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

In Edwidge Danticat’s “Dèy,” a mother survives a mass shooting but finds that the ordinary demands of life won’t wait.

Chang-rae Lee’s “A Tender Age” takes the despair of a boy seriously.

The eminent critic Harold Bloom called his 1981 book “Little, Big” a “neglected masterpiece” and one of the best novels of the 20th century.

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The Diviners by Margaret Laurence is an immersive novel about family, motherhood, writing, one’s roots, and a woman's journey of self-discovery.

The Mussel Feast by Brigit Vanderbeke Brigit Vanderbeke’s The Mussel Feast, translated by Jamie Bulloch, is a classic example of allegorical fiction, taking afamily meal as the starting point of a …

I’ve been eager to return to Elizabeth Taylor for a while now, an author whose work I adore. First published in 1964, The Soul of Kindness was one of Taylor’s later novels, and I think it shows. Th…

Enter our competition to snag lunch for two, an arty blanket and a year of free Tate entry as part of our partnership with Tate for Emin’s A Second Life exhibition

Apropos of nothing, I decided to put together a list of a book I’d recommend for every year of the 20th century. Because, why not! And also, I’m musing over doing A Century of Books aga…

In May I puttered along, running my runs, doing my little jobs, seeing a movie or two. And drinking my coffees. I haven’t said this yet, it’s so hopelessly dad-coded, but in January I bought a Mokk…

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