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New novel by Lily King tracks a writer's love life

New novel by Lily King tracks a writer's love life

“Writers & Lovers: a Novel,” Grove Press, by Lily King In Lily King’s novel, “Writers & Lovers,” a struggling writer works as a waitress in the vicinity of Harvard Square, trying without success to make ends meet.
Review: `Long Range' is filled with twists and red herrings

Review: `Long Range' is filled with twists and red herrings

“Long Range,” G.P. Putnam's Sons, by C.J. Box It’s been 19 years since C.J. Box introduced us to Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett in “Open Season.
Knicks spike speculation that director Lee was ejected

Knicks spike speculation that director Lee was ejected

NEW YORK — Spike Lee still has his courtside seat, though the New York Knicks had to tell their superfan to find another way to get there.
Chris Matthews retires from MSNBC, cites comments to women

Chris Matthews retires from MSNBC, cites comments to women

NEW YORK — Longtime MSNBC host Chris Matthews abruptly retired from his “Hardball” show on Monday, apologizing for making inappropriate comments about women and following a brutal week where he also took heat from supporters of Bernie Sanders and Eli
Sean Spicer joining cable TV talk show fray on NewsMax

Sean Spicer joining cable TV talk show fray on NewsMax

NEW YORK — While Sean Spicer says he expects his old boss, President Donald Trump, to be re-elected, he doesn't view his new television talk show as a vehicle for helping accomplish that end.
Irish architects Farrell, McNamara win Pritzker Prize

Irish architects Farrell, McNamara win Pritzker Prize

NEW YORK — Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara have been awarded the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize for “consistent service to humanity as evidenced by a body of built work,” and for leading the way for women in a male-dominated pr

Review: A real-life Cinderella story set in the Gilded Age

“Rebel Cinderella,” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, by Adam Hochschild Adam Hochschild is among the most readable of historians.
Review: `Blackwood' is solid noir novel set in kudzu country

Review: `Blackwood' is solid noir novel set in kudzu country

“Blackwood” (Little, Brown), by Michael Farris Smith A foul, scrawny man in a broken-down Cadillac seems to have run out of options when his car’s engine dies shortly after it rolls into a town in Mississippi hill country.

First ride featuring Mickey Mouse debuts at Disney World

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Walt Disney Co. was built on the shoulders of Mickey Mouse, so it may come as a surprise that there never has been a theme park attraction based on the lovable rodent.

First ride featuring Mickey Mouse debuts at Disney World

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Walt Disney Co. was built on the shoulders of Mickey Mouse, so it may come as a surprise that there never has been a theme park attraction based on the lovable rodent.
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