'In a world which is full of categories, hatred and ideologies, there was this basic decency.'

An interview with Deepa Bhasthi, whose translation of Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp’ is the first Kannada – and second Indian – book to make the Prize shortlist.

Renowned poet and author wins prize for series of New Yorker essays on suffering of Palestinians in Gaza The renowned Palestinian poet and author, Mosab Abu Toha, is among this year’s Pulitzer prize winners. Abu Toha was awarded for a series of essays in the New Yorker documenting the lives and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, where he has lived nearly all his life. Continue reading...

Palestinian poet and author Mosab Abu Toha has won the Pulitzer Prize for his powerful essays, chronicling the physical and emotional toll of the ongoing war in Gaza.

This spring, Percival Everett spoke with Dan White, Humanities Writer at UC Santa Cruz, about the creation of his 2024 National Book Award-winning novel James, a book that reoccupies and reimagines Ma...

The poet and novelist on the real reason he became a writer.

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The long read: After his wife and two of his children were killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh became famous around the world for his decision to keep reporting. But this was just th...

Can’t bear to carry around yet another hardback? Or do you balk at the horror of a £40 book? Paperbacks are the answer: here are some of this year’s finest

Another terrible year for the world and another great year for books! While we have plenty of spinoff lists to come before the end of the year, it’s time to share the CrimeReads editors&#8217…

That day arrived in Latur. Scanning the menu, I spied it. Chilli Cheese Toast. Only the world’s bestest snack.

In the Book Pages, the writer discusses her excellent novel and the great book advice her father gave her.

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“It is an important idea and a serious challenge for me, at which I consistently fail,” says the author of the best-selling “Braiding Sweetgrass.” Her new book is “The Serviceberry.”

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“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.

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Today’s tech inverts the value of the creative process.

It takes only a glance at a newspaper nowadays to see that much of what we once took for granted is either being cast aside or turned on its head. Indeed, with floods sweeping away entire cities, and ...

Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter two years ago, those who despise his evolving mix of predatory trolling, stunted emotional development and right-wing extremism have been hoping for an alternative.