A Small Fortune

When he receives a significant sum of money as part of his divorce settlement with an English woman, Harris, the patriarch of a large Pakistani family, must decide which of his relatives to give it to. Rosie Dastgir's debut novel reveals her gift for capturing characters and cultures complicated by a burden of riches.

May 21: The musical smash hit Gypsy opened on Broadway on this day in 1959. The bestseller upon which the show is based, Gypsy Rose Lee's memoir Gypsy, told her life as a rags-to-naked success story, and added to…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

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