"He wanted to be honest," writes Susan Minot in her novella "Rapture," "but no one wants complete honesty if it's going to rip open your heart." Searing honesty and broken hearts are emblematic of ...

In the old days, when newspapers had the resources to produce genuine book sections and farm out critiques to reviewers based on their expertise and interests, I'm sure I would have been far down the ...

Knopf, 156 pages, $25. Hazy, hot, and humid. Yes, that‘s the condition of the weather these days. But it could also describe Susan Minot’s newest book, “Why I Don’t Write and Other Stories.” At only ...

This cover image released by Knopf shows "Don't Be a Stranger" by Susan Minot. (Knopf via AP) ‘Enough is enough’: Europe’s leaders are piling pressure on the EU to release $200 billion of frozen ...

There are a lot of reasons not to write, said Susan Minot, who lists them in the title story of her new collection, “Why I Don’t Write: And Other Stories.” Some are logistical (kids, jobs), others ...

From the beginning, the red flags are waving. Ivy Cooper, the recently divorced protagonist of Susan Minot’s emotionally raw novel, “Don’t Be a Stranger,” lives in New York with her 9-year-old son, ...

There’s an old saying that you make your own misery, which makes perfect sense if you’re talking about American writer Jane Wood, one of two main characters in Susan Minot’s excellent, evocative novel ...

From the very first page of Susan Minot’s latest novel, “Don’t Be a Stranger,” Ivy Cooper, a single mother in her early 50s, has sex on her mind. The scene opens with her in the bath, thinking about ...

From the very first page of Susan Minot’s latest novel, “Don’t Be a Stranger,” Ivy Cooper, a single mother in her early 50s, has sex on her mind. The scene opens with her in the bath, thinking about ...