She blamed it on the book publisher Scholastic. Jason Rapert recently called LGBTQ+ people a cult and a “devil of Hell.” According to Lanah Burkhardt, now 20, the “single kiss” responsible ...

The graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale depicts how the ... won a number of literary awards in 1992. The book's renewed popularity came earlier this month after the McMinn County Board of ...

Kelly Ho, Reporter Maus by Art Spiegelman. It’s a black-and-white graphic novel about the author’s father, who survived the Holocaust. The book portrays all the Jews as mice, and Germans as cats.

Cochran also said he had read “Maus” and that his opposition to the book’s inclusion in the curriculum “had nothing to do with the Holocaust,” the Times Free Press reported. After the ...

By Catherine Hong The Coming of the ‘Messiah’: How Handel’s Masterpiece Was Born John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political ...

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and ...

(JTA) — “Maus” creator Art Spiegelman said Marvel Comics rejected his essay for a comic book collection because it compared Donald Trump to a Marvel villain. In an essay published in the ...

These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor. A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones ...

Penny’s 19th installment in the beloved Gamache series is a particularly haunting and relevant mystery novel. Yael van der Wouden’s novel, shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, is about ...

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

It’s time to check in: How’s the year in books coming along for you, dear reader? As we approach the conclusion of 2024, we’re enjoying an embarrassment of literary riches—and now we’re ...