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AP - Writer Hugo Claus ? an artist, poet, playwright and novelist whose books painted a scathing picture of repression and hypocrisy in bourgeois Flanders ? died Wednesday by euthanasia, his wife said. He was 78.

Susan Choi examines the 'theatrical' component of innocence in her new book, A Person of Interest. It's a psychological thriller that chronicles a reclusive math professor's 'improper' reaction to the murder of a popular colleague.

British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke, author of more than 100 books, dies in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.

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In her new book Patricia Pearson searches for the roots of her affliction and finds a common thread connecting her traumas and her phobias, the fear of losing control, of being unable to cope.

At our house, we are already anticipating warmer weather and gardening. While we know it's not yet warm enough to do much, we are already eagerly looking at plant...

The biographer who wrote an acclaimed biography of BOB DYLAN is in talks to publish a sensational new book about the life of SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY. Howard Sounes' 2001 tome Down ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Writer Hugo Claus - an artist, poet, playwright and novelist whose books painted a scathing picture of repression and hypocrisy in bourgeois Flanders - died Wednesday by euthanasia, his wife said. He was 78....

In their bestselling memoirs, 'Beautiful Boy' and 'Tweak,' David Sheff and his son, Nic Sheff, confront the toll of meth addiction and a family's struggle to reclaim the life of a gifted and troubled young man.