Poet Ocean Vuong's new novel is more than Briefly Gorgeous "To be queer is to fail into your pleasure." The book, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, is a letter from a son to his mother, who can't read. The poet says it's a monument to failure, to violence, to labor, to silence, to America. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Arts & Life Imbolo Mbue: 'America is suffering from a lack of curiosity' Author Imbolo Mbue has come a long way from when she imagined America was what she saw on television programs like Beverly Hills 90210 and The Cosby Show. Sonya Harris
Education Drag Queen Story Hours come to King County, but not without complaints A group of citizens is objecting to the King County Library System’s Drag Queen Story Hour. Ann Dornfeld
Arts & Life The uses of 'Strategic Ambiguity' by prominent African American women in media How exactly did Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Shondra Rhymes handle“postracial racism” ? Sonya Harris
Arts & Life Is the marketplace messing up social change? Author Anand Giridharadas on what happens when wealth meets social change Sonya Harris
From refugee to celebrated storyteller: Viet Thanh Nguyen’s American journey Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was awarded that honor in 2016 for his debut novel “The Sympathizer.” Then he received a... John O'Brien
Author Leslie Jamison distills recovery from ‘the whiskey-and-ink mythology’ On her website, Leslie Jamison writes: “I've worked as a baker, an office temp, an innkeeper, a tutor, and a medical actor. Every one of these was a... John O'Brien
Carmen Maria Machado's 'The Husband Stitch' There have been so many momentous days recently. Today, for instance, women around the U.S. and the world (and their allies) are participating in the... John O'Brien
Tom Hanks has two Best Actor Oscars, and it turns out he’s a writer, too And now for something maybe completely unexpected. Tom Hanks wrote a book. The prolific actor credits writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron with encouraging... John O'Brien
