Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...

The Karen Read case is back in court for a hearing today as the defense team seeks new evidence from the state.

Susan Morrison's book chronicles the career of the Saturday Night Live showrunner, with hundreds of interviews with castmembers and Michaels himself.

The book that inspired today’s playlist, the cultural critic Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name,” isn’t about music per se. As its subtitle attests, it is mostly “a memoir of transition,” centered ...