His new book, “Aflame,” tells of his decades visiting a silent Benedictine retreat. “You learn to love the world only by looking at it closely,” he wrote. By Anderson Tepper Your ...

An erudite literary critic with an ear for language, he also wrote a raft of nonfiction books. By John Cotter In “Embers of the Hands,” the historian Eleanor Barraclough looks beyond the ...

In Alafair Burke’s ‘The Note,’ a trio of complicated female friends gets caught up in a murder mystery that starts in the Hamptons. Perle Mesta’s affable personality and compulsive party ...

In any given year, restaurants open and close for a variety of reasons. That certainly rings true in metro Detroit. Here's a look back at notable and highly anticipated openings along with ...

Story Keepers Books is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The bookstore is closed on Sundays. The new Crunch Fitness occupies ...

Laojiu Rice Noodles is open 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday and 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, with extended hours on Friday and Saturday until 10 p.m. The restaurant is closed on ...

Brotman, who died in 2017, was an attorney who was inspired to open a European-style wholesaler after taking a trip to France. Brotman told CNN in 2009 that he didn't know Sinegal before pitching ...