Daughter: Actress Ruby Dee dead at 91
By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARK KENNEDY FILE – In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, Ruby Dee attends a special screening of “Frankie & Alice” in New York. Dee, an…
Books and literature
ACTIVIST POET-PLAYWRIGHT AMIRI BARAKA DIES AT 79
By HILLEL ITALIE FILE – This Oct. 2, 2002 file photo shows Amiri Baraka, New Jersey’s poet laureate during a ceremony at the Newark Public Library in Newark, N.J. Baraka,…
$0.60 FOR CAKE: AL-QAIDA RECORDS EVERY EXPENSE
FOR — USE MONDAY, DEC. 30, 2013 AND THEREAFTER – FILE – In this July 23, 2013 file photo, United Nations peacekeepers search a house suspected to have been used…
Latest Jodi Picoult release is short story
By HILLEL ITALIE FILE – In a Wednesday, June 24, 2009 file photo, author Jodi Picoult attends the world premiere of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ in New York. Picoult’s latest publication,…
Woman held captive in Cleveland has book deal
FILE – In a Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 file photo, Michelle Knight sits in the courtroom during a break in the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro, in Cleveland. Knight’s memoir…
Patchett’s essay collection falls short
By KIM CURTIS This book cover image released by Harper shows “This is the Story of a Happy Marriage,” by Ann Patchett. (AP Photo/Harper) “This Is the Story of a…
Michael White plots expansion like a Roman emperor
By JOCELYN NOVECK This book cover image released by Ballantine Books shows Michael White with a wheel of cheese to be used for a dish from his book “Classico E…
Book looks behind the scenes of 2012 race
By RASHA MADKOUR This book cover image released by The Penguin Press shows “Double Down: Game Change 2012,” by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. (AP Photo/The Penguin Press) “Double Down:…