Mario Vargas Llosa’s Swan Song Is an Ode to Peruvian Music

The final novel from a titan of Latin American literature follows a critic trying to capture the essence of his national culture.

The Jesse Jackson Speech That Helped Redefine the Democratic Party’s Base

In his 1984 speech at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Mr. Jackson argued for a more diverse coalition for the party.
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Stephen King Says There's One Book He Won't Write a Sequel for

King has written more than 60 novels over the course of his career Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her work has previously appeared in ...
The Washington Post

Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books

In early 2024, executives at artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic ramped up an ambitious project they sought to keep quiet. “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in ...