We’ve been huge fans of Rumaan Alam’s since we tapped his debut novel, Rich and Pretty, for our Discover Great New Writers program (now our Discover Pick of the Month) when it was first published. Stunning and deeply satisfying, Rumaan’s third novel, Leave the World Behind was a B&N Book Club pick and a finalist […]
It’s all too easy to look at someone else’s love from the outside and think it looks perfect—after all, in the age of social media, perception of happiness, especially in your love life, is everything. That’s why we need great writers, writers who can show us what looks like a happy marriage, then slowly—or explosively—reveal the […]
Every February, Valentine’s Day makes people in romantic relationships sweat their way through increasingly elaborate displays of affection, while everyone else purchases ever-larger bottles of liquor, boxes of candy, and improved video streaming services in lieu of companionship. A holiday celebrating love can make single people feel lonelier than ever, and put undue pressure on […]
Last September, Edward Albee passed away at the age of 88. Among the last great major American playwrights of the 20th century, he won three Pulitzer Prizes for his dramas, which often dealt with the falsities of modern life and the lies we all tell ourselves to get by. Okay, that sounds pretty bleak. And […]
Very often we turn to books for the satisfaction of a love story well told. If it’s done right, we get all swoony, clutch the tomes to our winsome bosoms (or winsome pectorals, as the case may be), and sigh over the perfection and delicious unreality of a fictional love affair. I may really dig […]