Books and literature
Kiran Desai to publish first novel since ‘The Inheritance of Loss’ came out nearly 20 years ago
Heather Blacksmith
A new novel from Kiran Desai, her first fiction since the Booker Prize-winning “The Inheritance of Loss” came out nearly ...
Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95
Bob Elliott
NEW YORK — Arthur Frommer, whose “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans ...
What was the ‘first American novel’? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started
Heather Blacksmith
NEW YORK — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a ...
Melinda French Gates endorses Joe Biden for president
Adesola Mojo
Melinda French Gates arrives at Elysee Palace for the Generation Equality Forum hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron on July ...
