Copies of the novel Taiwan Travelogue, which received the International Booker Prize this year, are seen at a bookstore in Taipei on May 21, 2026. I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Classicist and translator Emily Wilson published a critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in the London Review of Books. Wilson has loved Greek myths since childhood and has translated both the Iliad and Odyssey. She has tattoos of a spear on one leg and a bow on the other — she says they represent Achilles and Odysseus. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania via Liveright Publishing hide caption
Leïla Slimani's latest book, I'll Take the Fire, is the third in a trilogy inspired by generations of her Moroccan French family. She is also the author of the bestselling thriller The Perfect Nanny. She's pictured above in Paris on March 17, 2026. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
FA: A former nun explains why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life
Shireen Rizvi is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-wrote the book Real Skills for Real Life: A DBT Guide to Navigating Stress, Emotions, and Relationships. Jesse Finkelstein/Sonya Barlas/NPR hide caption
Nephi Craig's mother is White Mountain Apache and his father is Diné Navajo. He grew up on both reservations. Ari Carter Craig/Penguin Random House hide caption
A gold-colored item embossed with the word "President" sits on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 10, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Deb Haaland speaks during a White House screening of the National Geographic Documentary Film Sugarcane at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Dec. 17, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Leigh Vogel/Getty Images hide caption
Former interior secretary Deb Haaland talks about her new memoir, 'A Voice Like Mine'
Karen McNenny is a certified divorce coach, certified co-parenting specialist and author of the book The Good Divorce: How to End Your Marriage Without Ending Your Family. Wiley/Jossey-Bass/NPR, Nicole Wickens/NPR hide caption
Kennedy Ryan's latest novel, Score, follows two former college sweethearts reunited while making a film about the Harlem Renaissance. 2 PM Sharp hide caption
Laverne Cox says that even from a young age, there was "always music in my head." Her new memoir is called Transcendent. She's shown above in New York in April 2026. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption
Since leaving office, former Vice President Mike Pence founded the policy and advocacy organization Advancing American Freedom. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Former Vice President Mike Pence talks about his book, 'What Conservatives Believe'
Scott Simon talks with author Judy Blume at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival in May. Tira Howard Photography./Courtesy Santa Fe International Literary Festival hide caption
How the 1874 Freedman's Bank collapse connects to economic disparities we see today
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., attends a rally opposing the SAVE America Act outside the U.S. Capitol on March 18 in Washington. Heather Diehl/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Warnock's new book calls on U.S. to commit to a greater moral imagination
Eddie Glaude Jr. speaks in Philadelphia on March 1, 2023. Lisa Lake/Getty Images hide caption
A worker sprays water to control dust as a demolition crew tears down a business destroyed by the Palisades Fire on May 7, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti talks about his new book, 'TORCHED'
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden performs onstage during the Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock launch at Paramount Studios on September 27, 2010, in Hollywood, California. Michael Buckner/Getty Images hide caption
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil chronicles the band's ascent in his new memoir
Nicholas Enrich worked for the United States Agency for International Development under four administrations and was dismissed after leaking memos detailing plans to shut it down. He writes about the end of USAID — and his role in the response to a 2025 Ebola outbreak — in his new book, Into the Woodchipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID. Simon & Schuster hide caption
Comedian Richard Pryor performs on stage at the Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 19, 1977. Lennox McLendon/Associated Press hide caption
Students walk on the Stanford University campus on March 14, 2019, in Stanford, Calif. Ben Margot/AP hide caption
'How to Rule the World' explores education and power at Stanford University
"The audience is my first editor," David Sedaris says. His new book is The Land and Its People. Anne Fishbein/Little Brown hide caption