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Malala Yousafzai working on new book, her 'most personal'

Malala Yousafzai working on new book, her 'most personal'

NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is working on a new memoir, the latest book by the young activist from Pakistan known for her advocacy for education for girls and for surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban when she was in h
Review: 'Koresh' drills down on dark chapter in US history

Review: 'Koresh' drills down on dark chapter in US history

NEW YORK (AP) — “Koresh: The True story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco,” by Stephan Talty (Mariner Books) Thirty years ago, on April 19, 1993, after a 51-day siege by federal agents, the Branch Davidian complex in Waco erupted in flames, lea
Review: 'Beau Is Afraid' is stuck in a one-note nightmare

Review: 'Beau Is Afraid' is stuck in a one-note nightmare

Beau may be afraid but Ari Aster certainly isn't. Of the many words used to describe the writer-director's previous two films — “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” — timidity was never of them.
Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren dies

Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren dies

BROOKFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Edward Koren, a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, known for his hairy, huminoid creatures, has died. He was 87. Koren died of lung cancer on Friday in Brookfield, Vermont, according to his wife, Curtis Koren.
Review: Don Winslow writes mob war epic inspired by Homer

Review: Don Winslow writes mob war epic inspired by Homer

“City of Dreams,” by Don Winslow (William Morrow) “City of Dreams” is the middle book in a planned trilogy that began when a stunning woman emerged from the surf at a Rhode Island beach in last year’s “City on Fire” and sparked a war between the stat
Review: 'Games and Rituals' finds intrigue in the mundane

Review: 'Games and Rituals' finds intrigue in the mundane

“Games and Rituals” by Katherine Heiny (Knopf) A driving examiner falls for the new guy. A woman wonders what to do about her teenage son who may be experimenting with drugs.
Review: A whodunit that combines romance and serial killings

Review: A whodunit that combines romance and serial killings

“The Tip Line,” by Vanessa Cuti (Crooked Lane) Virginia Carey’s two best friends were married and pregnant, but at age 30, she was single, “drinking wine every night,” she says, “while I swiped my way through online dating sites.
Netflix keeps 'Love Is Blind' fans waiting for live reunion

Netflix keeps 'Love Is Blind' fans waiting for live reunion

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Love isn't patient, love isn't kind — at least if you ask the fans of Netflix's “Love Is Blind.
Review: A harrowing shipwreck and mutiny in 'The Wager'

Review: A harrowing shipwreck and mutiny in 'The Wager'

“The Wager: A Take of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder,” by David Grann (Doubleday) The Wager, a British war ship, crashed onto rocks amid stormy seas off the coast of Patagonia in 1741.
'The Phantom of the Opera' closes on Broadway after 35 years

'The Phantom of the Opera' closes on Broadway after 35 years

NEW YORK (AP) — The final curtain came down Sunday on New York's production of “The Phantom of the Opera,” ending Broadway’s longest-running show with thunderous standing ovations, champagne toasts and gold and silver confetti bursting from its famou
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