In recent years, books centered on the Axis of Resistance, the concept of martyrdom, and influential political figures have gained significant attention. These publications provide deep insights into ...

The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose ...

Martyr! follows Cyrus Shams ... Some of these conversations are also in the book; Lisa Simpson talks to Cyrus's mother, for example, and basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a conversation ...

I was sobbing on the subway by the end of “Martyr!” – unfettered, unabashed sobbing (in true New York City fashion, no one batted an eye). But it also had me laughing out loud. This book ...

Then Rachel was out of a job, but she soon found another and settled down for life as a professional martyr. The Author ... Her first book was Six Mrs. Greenes. Contact us at letters@time.com ...

explains why his protagonist is so obsessed with the concept of martyrdom, and how it relates to his own personal journey with sobriety. To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's ...

If you’d like to learn about the best books I’m reading early, subscribe here. Martyr!, the debut novel from poet Kaveh Akbar, is word-drunk and elegiac, an enormous pleasure to read.

(Beowulf Sheehan) Kaveh Akbar's debut novel, "Martyr!," is about an orphaned son of Iranian immigrants who embarks on a search for a family secret.(Knopf) Kaveh Akbar, a National Book Award ...

One trouble with the book is that Clem’s credentials as a writer are questionable. To suggest his hero’s talent, Novelist Cassill quotes a quantity of Anderson prose and verse, all of it ...