National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide last week, from Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” to Chicago-born p ...

Raja has been exhausted by his loving mother for six decades. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Lebanese writer Rabih Alameddine about his book, "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)." ...

National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide on Wednesday night, from Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” to Chicago-bo ...

Based on a viral tweet the author sent early into the Israel-Gaza war, the book maligns Western liberalism for, in El Akkad’s ...

Two powerful voices, novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith, win National Book Awards, offering moving, culturally ...

The filibuster. During the shutdown fight, Trump exhorted congressional leaders to kill this procedural hurdle so they could ...

Omar El Akkad, author of 'One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,' says it's 'difficult to think in celebratory ...

Rabih Alameddine and Patricia Smith claimed major honours at the National Book Awards, marking a night defined by global ...

Rabih Alameddine’s blend of family comedy and wartime tragedy, The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), has won the National Book Award for fiction. The nonfiction prize Wednesday ...

During the Nov. 19 76th National Book Awards Ceremony, hosted by Somebody Somewhere star Jeff Hiller and featuring musical ...

The winners of the 76th National Book Awards, held in New York last night, included Rabih Alameddine, Omar El Akkad and ...