Oren Harman's "Metamorphosis" explores the minutiae of biological change and the mechanics of how life shifts forms.

Matthiessen’s politics drifted left. He quit the C.I.A. It was clear that he could write. When just out of Yale he sold a ...

A new biography of Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many paradoxical attempts to escape who the world expected him to be.

He was a spy, a crusader, an obsessive advocate for neglected people and places—yet his work was shaped, too, by an inner ...

Have you ever wanted to fill your reading hunger by digesting a complex book?  If so, check out “Coyote Valley: Deep History ...

A 45-minute guided tour of the latest exhibition in the Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library at Princeton University. Tours meet in the lobby of Firestone Library. The exhibition celebrates the ...

If currency values, stores, and measures labor’s creative output, then to remove its physical component is to remove its human foundation.

Writing is hard. Writing books is harder. So as a mere plebeian author interviewing Dan Brown for the first time, I needed to know: After you’ve sold 200 million books, does it get any easier? “It’s ...

Nygren came to Atlanta News First to talk about “Start in Your Own Backyard.” The book chronicles his approach to green ...

In his latest book, comedian and writer Colm O’Regan chronicles the everyday poetry of Irish speech — and calls on us all to ...