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Awards Introduction: 6 Literary Prizes and a Few Winning Books We Love
Wondering what major book awards there are? Read on and learn about a few of the most coveted literary prizes and some of the authors who won them. → Read More
An Introduction to Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Anne Tyler
For those unfamiliar with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Tyler and perhaps daunted as to where to begin, here’s a list of some of her best works. → Read More
An Introduction to Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Anne Tyler
For those unfamiliar with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Tyler and perhaps daunted as to where to begin, here’s a list of some of her best works. → Read More
More Is More, and Cake Is Good: An Intro to the Work of Maira Kalman
In celebration of her new book Cake, we are taking a look back at a few of our favorite Maira Kalman books, spanning cookbooks and grammar guides. → Read More
From The Sparsholt Affair to The Spell: An Alan Hollinghurst Primer
To read more by the man who wrote beautiful stories about gay men in twentieth and twenty-first century Britain, check out these novels. → Read More
Look Back on the Road to Women's Suffrage This Women's History Month
The idea that women should have the right to vote seems obvious, but it wasn't always so. The Woman's Hour explores the journey to women's right to vote. → Read More
Where to Start: The 'Legendary' Books of Ursula K. Le Guin
There's a lot to choose from in getting acquainted with Ursula K. Le Guin's genre-defying career. Here are 5 of her books to help you get started. → Read More
An American Pastry Chef Exposes the Delights and Disasters of Paris Life
David Lebovitz's new book L'Appart will give you a realistic, yet, somehow still appealing view of what life as a Parisian is really like. → Read More
On Nadia Murad's The Last Girl, and Why Memoirs of Trauma Are Vital
Nadia Murad's The Last Girl, details her capture in the sex slave trade at the hands of the Islamic State. It is hard to read, but must be read. → Read More
Actors and Actresses Who Write, From Tom Hanks to Molly Ringwald
The release of Tom Hanks's Uncommon Type has us mining through the archives for other notable books published but actors like Molly Ringwald and more. → Read More
The Eloquent Teens of John Green Books, and Why We Love Them So
John Green's characters are famously witty and wry, and that's exactly why his books shine, and why we can't wait to read Turtles All the Way Down. → Read More
On Writers Taking on Shakespeare, and Why It's More Than Okay
Who could come up with a story of political intrigue and betrayal that didn’t rely, in some way, on Julius Caesar? On writers leaning on Shakespeare. → Read More
Kurt Andersen on How America Has Reached Peak Fantasyland Status
Kurt Andersen joins Signature to talk about his new book, Fantasyland, and how America has always been a country deeply in love with the unreal. → Read More
Essential Anthologies: Poetry, Essays, and Letters in the Age of Trump
The age of Trump has been a divisive one, to say the least, but it's also been a fruitful period of writers coming together. Here are a few examples. → Read More
They Make it in the End: 5 Fictional Tales of Sweet, Satisfying Escape
Women and girls held captive by monstrous men is a theme returned to by writers again and again, perhaps because it is echoed in real-life headlines. → Read More
On Representing 9/11 in Fiction: An Interview with Jonathan Dee
Jonathan Dee joins Signature to discuss writing about 9/11 in fiction and the ties to today's political climate in his novel The Locals. → Read More
Svetlana Alexievich Gives a Voice to the Women Who Served in WWII
In her latest history book, Svetlana Alexievich gives a voice to silenced Russian women who fought alongside men in World War II and shares their stories. → Read More
Food As More Than Sustenance: Everyone Has a Food Story to Tell
In her new book What She Ate, culinary historian Laura Shapiro makes the argument that food is worth more than just its taste: it is a part of who we are. → Read More
Julie Klam's Latest Poses the Question: Why Are We So Starstruck?
In her newly released book, The Stars in Our Eyes, Julie Klam examines our obsessive (and always growing) fascination with celebrities. → Read More
Nick Laird's Modern Gods is a Philosophical Inquiry in Disguise
Nick Laird's deceptively readable Modern Gods, a philosophical inquiry disguised as a domestic novel, questions the beliefs we hold true. → Read More