Most Westerns emphasize the loneliness of the prairie more than the connection between lovers. Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, based on the story by Annie Proulx, offers both. Ranch hands Jack (Jake ...

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Buying books is a thrill, but traditional ink-and-paper quickly gobbles up space on your shelves. Fortunately, modern bookworms have come up with modern solutions. The e-reader with an E Ink ...

Granted, as a gatekeeping and taste-managing institution, the Oscars have always been better at belatedly following and ...

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He then goes on a journey where he finds a bird to become his companion throughout the book, and he meets some friends, human and non-human, that help develop the structure of the story in a major way ...

Here are the most exciting books we're most looking forward to sharing in 2025 Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

Larry McMurtry's writing legacy will live on in his hometown of Archer City, Texas. His former bookstore, Booked Up, is set to become a literary center after Chip and Joanna Gaines recently sold ...

The former, curated by magazine fiction editor Deborah Treisman, collates short stories by J.D. Salinger, Annie Proulx (her ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. As we prepare to turn the corner into 2025, poetry is in the spotlight this week, with new books of verse from Percival Everett ...