Adam Haslett

Jonathan Bastian talks with psychologist Paul Bloom about the role that hardship and pain play in living a good life.

Master poet Honoree Fanonne Jeffers discusses her fiction debut, “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois.”

“The Every” is the new book by Dave Eggers, a follow-up to his book “The Circle.”

Actress and now director Maggie Gyllenhaal wanted to set her new drama “The Lost Daughter” in Maine, but New Jersey offered a better tax credit.

As in past years , this is a list of favorite books of the year. Critics who use the term "best books" are not thinking.

Paolo Sorrentino's "The Hand of God" is much less serious than it sounds, though far from frivolous.

Mahershala Ali has worked for 20 years, earning Oscars for “Moonlight” and “Green Book.” But the new drama “Swan Song” is his first leading film role.

The Mexican-American author opens the wounds his father inflicted in a eulogistic debut that is as much about the U.S.-Mexico border as it is about healing.

Steven Spielberg’s version of “West Side Story” opens this weekend, and while the film has received strong reviews, it may find trouble at the box office.