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NEW YORK -- Ann Packer's “Some Bright Nowhere,” her first novel in a decade, is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick.

Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday announced her latest book club selection "Some Bright Nowhere" by Ann Packer on "CBS Mornings." ...

Raja is devoted to his shelves of books, reflective walks, teaching and writing, and ruminations on love’s labors lost, yet his mother insists on sticking her nose into his business, even at her ...

The Horsemen return, with some new additions, and are off to right the world’s wrongs once more.

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In her vivid epistolary novel “The White Hot,” the Pulitzer-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes explores the long-tail legacy of maternal rage and regret. By Joumana Khatib The actor had to read ...

Aabria Iyengar leads a star cast through a brutal, emotional one-shot based on new Forgotten Realms sourcebooks.

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the author Ann Packer about her new novel, Some Bright Nowhere.

Though I’m on track to read 60+ books this year, my tastes lean more classic lit (I’m reading Pride & Prejudice for the 22nd time) than contemporary. But I am sucker for a contemporary re-telling of a ...