Jhumpa Lahiri

The Big Read announces $1 million in grants for 2013-14

2013-05-29 11:02:00

The National Endowment for the Arts announced $1 million in grants for the Big Read projects taking place across the U.S. in 2013-14. The Big Read was launched in 2005 to help create one-city-one-book-style projects; for each title on its list, it...

First U.S. World Book Night giveaway announces book selections

2011-12-14 16:34:48

Happy World Book Night! Free books on offer all over

2012-04-23 16:35:19

Books by dudes for dudes, books by chicks for dudes

2011-05-30 16:34:47

The Bookies

2013-04-05 13:46:00

One thing to know about our book club We are the Bookies. We started as neighbors, living on Edgewood Lane in Winnetka in the late 1990s. We have since grown to 17 members. Our meetings We meet monthly, mostly in the evenings. Each year we have...

'Book of My Lives': Aleksander Hemon's remarkable tale

2013-03-15 12:45:00

Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he...

Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore

2013-03-09 00:00:00

Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...

Biblioracle: Short and sweet, but no trend

2013-03-08 14:42:00

Apparently, we're in them midst of a short story boomlet. I know this because The New York Times told me so in a recent article, "Good Fit for Today's Little Screens: Short Stories." I tend to put little trust in trend pieces. If I believed every...

Inquiring Minds Book Club

2012-08-24 15:55:00

Things to know about our book club The Inquiring Minds Book Group was started 16 years ago by a teacher going on maternity leave who wanted to keep connected to friends and create opportunities for intellectual stimulation. We pride ourselves on in-depth...

On the 'L,' e-books change spy game

2012-06-07 15:39:00

Strange as it sounds, reading a book while sitting on public transportation may be what I like best about living in a big city. I would even go as far as to say reading on a train or bus is what urban dwelling is about, a near perfect illustration of...

Flamingo Book Club

2012-04-26 11:09:00

Our Geneva book clubwas formed about seven years ago at a summer block party. We like books that lead to good discussion, have some depth to them, are honest and real. We meet once a month at someone's house, and the host gets to pick the next book. We...

Elmhurst Book Club

2012-04-11 09:06:00

The club was established over 40 years ago; several of the founding members are still active. The current group of 15 members meets monthly. We all enjoyed "Cutting for Stone," by Abraham Verghese. The author created memorable characters and provided a...

Author Jhumpa Lahiri at her writing desk hours after learning that she won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for "Interpreter of Maladies," her debut short story collection.

2000-04-10 00:00:00