The KUOW Book Club read "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler" by Susana M. Morris this month. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell. Morris joined me on Zoom recently to talk ...

On Monday, NPR launched its end-of-the-year books guide. But Books We Love isn't a "top 10" list. Instead, it's more that 380 books that were personally recommended by members of the NPR staff. If you ...

When author Rabih Alameddine accepted his National Book Award for Fiction on Wednesday night, he thanked his agent, his editor and early readers of his work. He also thanked his psychiatrist, his drug ...

Worth another look... Although published in 2012, this remains a definitive read on leadership, management and disciplined capital allocation. In an era defined by volatility, technological disruption ...

In the Jewish calendar, the holiest day of the year is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement—Oct. 2 this year. It is a fast day. Observant Jews eat and drink nothing between twilight on the eve of Yom ...

“The Feeling of Iron,” by Giaime Alonge, follows two Holocaust survivors on a quest for revenge. By Lea Carpenter Lea Carpenter is a novelist, screenwriter and lecturer in law at Columbia Law School.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – In the middle of Jim Leyland’s first season as Tigers manager in 2006, the skipper once kicked the media out of his office in the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley Field in the middle ...

Plato and Aristotle in discussion, 1437, by Luca della Robbia (ca 1400-1482), marble tile, depicts two of the greatest philosophers, who wrote two of the all-time best philosophy books. Philosophy ...

If you often find yourself struggling to sleep, then this weighted blanket could be a real game-changer. Made from 100% cotton, this adult-sized weighted blanket features durable, breathable material ...

When Tulsans look inside “The Outsiders”, Suzy Hinton’s new book on local teen-age warfare, they may not like what they see but they will be unable to put it down. It is a vital plea for a strong hand ...

When covid-19 hit, Jamieson Webster, a practicing psychoanalyst, volunteered as a palliative psychologist caring for the dying. Her hospital, like many, was divided into zones according to risk of ...