In March, Ann Patchett had only just started doing interviews for her new novel, “Whistler,” but she was already willing to nudge the conversation elsewhere: to other books, to our dogs, to growing up ...

Ann Patchett’s new novel, “Whistler,” is a rare phenomenon in contemporary fiction: a novel both majestic and intimate, original and masterful in its structure, crystalline in its prose, revelatory in ...

Ann Patchett’s novels tend to be full of decent, helpful people, maybe none more so than her latest book, Whistler, about a beloved stepfather who reappears in a middle-aged woman’s life. The reasons ...

The saying goes that, in literature, happiness writes white on the page. To which Martin Amis added, “and goodness writes purple.” In either case, positivity poses a dramatic conundrum, being too ...

Sibling dynamics can be tricky, and stardom can certainly amplify things. During a recent interview, Heart singer Ann Wilson detailed how she and Nancy Wilson manage to balance being both sisters and ...

Ann Wilson has been penning poetry lately. “I consider myself to be a lyricist, now, especially,” the Heart singer, 75, says. “I’m really getting off on writing poetry and prose.” That practice has ...

Last seen slaying Climate Pledge Arena with Heart in November, Seattle rock hero Ann Wilson comes home this month to premiere her new documentary, “Ann Wilson — In My Voice.” Rather than simple ...

One day after celebrating her 85th birthday on April 28, the Bye Bye Birdie star enjoyed another celebration as she was honored by the USO for her years of service, having toured three times with the ...

The entire source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code command line interface application (not the models themselves) has been leaked and disseminated, apparently due ...

“I felt that since it’s a movie of sorts, it should be shown in a theater, and so the closest we can get to a theater setting, the better, as far as I’m concerned,” the singer tells Variety. “And that ...

Ann Wilson will embark on a 10-city North American tour this spring in support of her upcoming documentary, In My Voice. The Heart singer will appear, along with the film's director, Barb Hall, at Q&A ...