Bob Armstrong Author of "Vanilla Slim: An Improbable Pimp in the Empire of Lust." 7 p.m. Thurs. Valencia Street Books, 569 Valencia St. (415) 552-7200; 4 p.m. Fri. Borders Union Square, 400 Post St.

Even if you haven’t read Slumdog Millionaire (originally titled Q&A), you’ve probably seen, or at least heard of, the Academy Award winning movie about three children from the slums of Mumbai. The ...

The best nonfiction books published in 2023 included a revelatory biography, works of in-depth reporting, and more. The best nonfiction books published in 2023 included a revelatory biography, works ...

The death of a loved one is never an easy thing to deal with, but sometimes reading about other people’s grief can be cathartic and help to cope with our own feelings of loss. Lee Woodruff, wife of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A comprehensive new biography of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, a memoir on family by the prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen and an exploration of the crack epidemic of the ...

Visit www.hendersoncountync.gov/library to see free upcoming events for children, teens and adults at all Henderson County Public Library locations. Sign up to ...

Nicholas Boggs. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Aug. 19 ($36, ISBN 978-0-374-17871-0) The first major biography of James Baldwin since 1994 weaves new interviews, research, and archival material into an ...

LONDON (AP) — A book that argues Elizabethan poet John Donne should rank alongside William Shakespeare as a literary genius has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book award British writer Katherine ...

Alfred Arteaga and Joel Barraquiel Tan Read from their work at a Poetry Flash event. 7:30 p.m. Sun. Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 486-0698. Joyce Maynard, Jane Meredith and Meg ...