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Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison Dead at 88

One of the most acclaimed American writers of the 20th century

Kevin Spacey Reads Poetry at National Roman Museum

Disgraced actor inhabits character of wounded boxer

The Best Movies, TV, Books and Music for August

Prestige TV, Madden 20 and the most memorable horror flick since "Get Out", incoming

The 7 Books You Should Read This August

From a search for faith in the heartland to the debut title from the "voice of a generation," these books are worth picking up

The Year’s Bestselling Debut Novel Is Hiding a Dark History

The success of Delia Owens' first novel has largely obscured her relationship to the decades-old murder in Africa that may have influenced it

Another Tourist Has Died Seeking the “Into the Wild” Bus

River crossing proves fatal on a hazardous trek

6 Thrilling Books About Real-Life Corruption

Where money and power collide, and ethics are nowhere to be found

Revisiting Gore Vidal’s Crime Fiction

How a trio of subversive mystery novels helped reinvent the famed author

Why Raymond Chandler Still Matters

Eighty years after the publication of "The Big Sleep," there must be something about Chandler’s books that transcends their outdatedness

The Great American Beer Novel Is Here, and We Talked to the Guy Who Wrote It

J. Ryan Stradal's "The Lager Queen of Minnesota" is a novel about family, Minnesota and light beer

Haunting Photos Show the Gritty Side of 1970s Tokyo

Images from Greg Girard's "Tokyo-Yokosuka 1976-1983"

Did Playwright Sam Shepard Predict the Future?

Revisiting one writer's take on America in 2019

How Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Created the Modern Road Trip

The American innovators called themselves "the Vagabonds"

Inside One of the Most Spectacular and Dangerous Bank Heists in U.S. History

An excerpt from Peter Houlahan's thrilling new book, "Norco '80"

How M. F. K. Fisher Changed How We Think About Food

Ruth Reichl on the cultural impact of the legendary writer

Adapting “Game of Thrones” in Tapestry Form

Telling the story of 8 seasons across 300 feet