Julie Phillips introduces the fascinating subject of her biography: A sophisticated, adventurous woman who wrote science fiction like a sophisticated, adventurous man.

The latest film, about a boy fascinated with astronomy, is the most autobiographical to filmmaker Steve McQueen

Bring on the ghosts, the ghouls and the unhappy endings.

A first-time novelist gulped and let an editor cut his book in half. Here's why that was a smart move

Two novelists -- one acclaimed and one new -- talk race and publishing, writing and motherhood, and much more

The author of "Nothing to Declare" picks six great books about the Midwest.

A Vanity Fair piece about the president's long-ago white girlfriend says less about race than class and belonging

Heather Lende on living in Alaska, her own brush with death, and why she hates being compared to Sarah Palin

We have three small children and I am devastated.

Great pains are being taken to ensure that Schumer no longer looks quite so clueless about racial issues

Two recent books -- "The Femme's Guide to the Universe" and "On the Trail of the Women Warriors" -- explore femme fatales, latex, the invincibility of waterproof mascara and Amazons.

This tender look at the life of Bettie Page -- played by a fearless, gorgeous Gretchen Mol -- gets intimate without demystifying the pinup icon.

The all-female creative team of a new YA film discusses heroes, zeroes and everything in between

OK -- the literary press snubs chick lit. So I gave Weiner what any serious writer deserves: A real critical look

Recommended memoirs for your beach book list, from an Italian idyll to a childhood spent trying to be black.