FILE PHOTO: Waxwork models of Britain’s Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle are seen on display at Madame Tussauds in London, Britain, May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Madame Tussauds waxwork museum has removed the figures of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan from its British royal …

Early in “Homie,” a new poetry collection by Danez Smith, I encountered a form I’d never seen before. The poem, titled “how many of us have them,” follows two boys (“yes, black — on bikes — also black”) as they tease each other, affectionately hurling abuse back and forth. The …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell almost 1% on Tuesday, surrendering some recent gains as investors reconsidered the likelihood of immediate supply disruptions in the Middle East after the United States killed a top Iranian military commander last week. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Grandpuits oil refinery southeast of Paris, …

Elizabeth Wurtzel, whose startling 1994 memoir, “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America,” won praise for opening a dialogue about clinical depression and helped introduce an unsparing style of confessional writing that continues to endure, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 52. The writer David Samuels, a friend since …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell about 1% on Tuesday, surrendering some of the gains of recent days as investors reconsidered the likelihood of immediate supply disruptions in the Middle East after the United States killed a top Iranian military commander last week. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Grandpuits oil …

Sometimes I, a full-grown adult, see a so-called lift-the-flap book, meant for babies and toddlers, and become almost tingly with the desire to feel those cardboard tabs under my fingers and discover what’s hidden behind each one. It makes me suspect that interactive board books hit some primal sweet spot …

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices on Tuesday surrendered some gains made over the previous days as investors reconsidered the likelihood of immediate supply disruptions in the Middle East after the United States killed a top Iranian military commander. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Grandpuits oil refinery southeast of Paris, France, February …

CREATURES By Crissy Van Meter “Creatures,” Crissy Van Meter’s vivid and moving debut, is a novel powered by atmosphere. The perils of Winter Island, a 40-mile ferry ride from Los Angeles, shoot through each sentence like an electrical current. A whale rots in the “half-moon of the bay” as the …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices on Tuesday surrendered some gains made over the previous two days as investors reconsidered the likelihood of Middle East supply disruptions in the wake of the United States killing a top Iranian military commander. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Grandpuits oil refinery southeast of Paris, France, …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices slid on Tuesday as investors reconsidered the likelihood of Middle East supply disruptions in the wake of the United States killing a top Iranian military commander. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Grandpuits oil refinery southeast of Paris, France, February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo Brent crude …