Edison Primary teachers and staff packed up their classrooms this week as they prepared to start the second half of the ...

Even before her partner, the much-adored poet April Freely, passed away in 2021, Jennifer Packer was a painter of remembrance. Her solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum, which opened months after ...

Like her debut, “The Dive From Clausen’s Pier,” the novelist’s “Some Bright Nowhere” is bound to touch a nerve. That’s fine with her. By Elisabeth Egan It was the biggest moment of Ann Packer’s career ...

Throughout my reading of Ann Packer’s new novel, “Some Bright Nowhere,” all I could keep thinking was “poor Eliot.” It is strange to be worried about Eliot, given that it is Eliot’s wife, Claire, who ...

‘The Emergency’ was published on Nov. 11, 2025, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In the excerpt below, a hospital’s chief surgeon finds himself estranged from his city, his colleagues and his own family, ...

Need a new novel that'll make you think? Look no further than Oprah Winfrey's latest book club selection, "Some Bright Nowhere" by Ann Packer. Packer, the author of five other works of fiction, ...

“Some Bright Nowhere” is infuriating, and it’s supposed to be. Ann Packer’s novel is about Claire, who is dying of cancer and who wants to be in charge of that as much as possible. How her ...

This handy accessory helps me save space and stay organized while traveling Written By Written by Staff Editor, Buy Side Madeline Diamond is a staff writer and editor for Buy Side, specializing in ...

I measured the capacity of the packing cubes two ways: by the number of items they could accommodate from my packing list and by the number of packing peanuts they could hold. I also measured the ...

Given today’s extreme polarization and highly politicized media climate, I approached George Packer’s new dystopian novel, “The Emergency,” with caution. While I recognized Packer’s name from his ...