Items tagged with 'Politics'

Art is extra important during times of turbulence because it provides escapism, fosters empathy and broadens our horizons.

I speak personally to President Trump and suggest 10 books that would make him a better human being.

Women around the world have been celebrating International Women's Day since 1909. It marks our struggle for rights and equality. Here are a few titles by women making a difference in the world.

We face dark times now, yes. It's important to realize: we've been here before, and we survived. I know because writers tell us, finding beauty in darkness, a literary legacy of stars in the night sky

On the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of John F.Kennedy, Ed Sikov looks at two books by notable conspiracy theorists.

A look at the last 40 years of comic book political satire, with real presidents turned into supervillains and supervillains turned into presidents.

A look at Claudia Gray's 'Star Wars: Bloodline', a novel that manages to be about the current election year without boring readers to tears.

If you insist on writing an open letter, read this first.

You think you've got it rough? Consider these writers, who landed in 'the pen', either for their politics or their writing. Or both. Or neither.

What happened to separation of church and state?

A new policy about sending books to prisoners has authors in an uproar.