"Exile is such a strange and absurd situation. I think there are going to be things you miss so much. You start to wonder whether or not it really was worth it. And what you're willing to give up to g...

Courtesy of the author There’s “famous,” and then there’s “literary famous.” Actors, directors, rock stars and major public figures get stopped in the street and asked for photos because they’re recog...

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Dilara is having her bathroom renovated. Her father's memory has started collapsing, dementia stealing a little more of him each day; her apartment must be adapted so he can move in with her. But when...

The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

Mothers who just don’t understand have been a fixture in literature since literature was invented. After all, Hamlet’s mom marries the man who murdered his dad.

A woman's bathroom renovation becomes a Turkish prison cell. Kenan Orhan talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his debut novel, "The Renovation."

A woman's bathroom renovation becomes a Turkish prison cell. Kenan Orhan talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his debut novel, "The Renovation."

Living in exile, Dilara feels the constant pull of her homeland, until an unexpected prison materializes within her home in this haunting tale steeped in magical realism. Read n for an exclusive essay...

Growing up, I spent many summers visiting family in Istanbul: a mess of close and distant relatives, twenty of us piled into a two-bedroom apartment. The city exists in my mind as a kaleidoscope of…

Five more weeks of winter, says Punxsutawney Phil, but who’s counting? As the week eases into Valentine’s Day, I can’t say there’s a huge selection of romance in this week&#…

Growing up, I spent many summers visiting family in Istanbul: a mess of close and distant relatives, twenty of us piled into a two-bedroom apartment. The city exists in my mind as a kaleidoscope of…

Joe Mount and Tina McDonald are two leaders in the Bowen Tower Tenant Union, a union of renters in Raytown. After a months-long rent strike, they reached an agreement with their California-based landlord that includes lower rent and utility rates, plus commitments to fix longstanding maintenance issues.

From Tayari Jones' Kin to Gisele Pelicot's memoir, here are the best books to read this month

The US looks a lot like Turkey.

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From Tayari Jones' Kin to Gisele Pelicot's memoir, here are the best books to read this month

Here are 18 books across genres to look out for in the new year.

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A Pulitzer finalist is among the first-time novelists, in tales of love, a surreal prison, teen murder and a tradwife

. . . if we can unmake or destabilize the novel, we might similarly destabilize the nation, which warrants or conscripts the novel.

Turkey faces an ecological crisis as its wetlands disappear.

ISTANBUL — The Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul headquarters is in an unlikely place, on the edge of town, surrounded by high-rise residential buildings, shopping malls and large motorways.

Corporate landlords have become more common since the Great Recession. Housing advocates say that hurts tenants.