Colin Dwyer
Colin Dwyer covers breaking news for ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. He reports on a wide array of subjects — from politics in and the , to the latest developments in and .
Colin began his work with ½ûÂþÌìÌà on the Arts Desk, where he and produced stories on arts and culture, then went on to write a daily roundup of news in literature and the publishing industry for the Two-Way blog — named , naturally.
Later, as a producer for the Digital News desk, he wrote and edited feature news coverage, curated ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ's home page and managed its social media accounts. During his time on the desk, he co-created ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ's live headline contest "Head to Head," with Camila Domonoske, and won the American Copy Editors Society's annual headline-writing prize in 2015.
These days, as a reporter for the News Desk, he writes for ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ.org, reports for the network's on-air newsmagazines, and regularly hosts ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ's daily Facebook Live segment, "Newstime." He has covered , and unfortunate , among many other stories. He also had about shoes once on Invisibilia.
Colin graduated from Georgetown University with a master's degree in English literature.
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Bill McKibben says solar is a "last chance for the climate." T. Kingfisher offers a dark retelling of Snow White. Nicholas Boggs tells James Baldwin's story. Plus new debut fiction. -
Just published this week: A portrait of the lucrative drug-treatment industry; a memoir of a female firefighter; debut fiction from an Emmy-winning TV writer; and a brand new Karin Slaughter thriller. -
An oral history of the atomic bomb detonations 80 years ago leads this week's list of publishing highlights, which also includes a handful of novels by authors including Louis Sachar and Jason Mott. -
We don't just mean literary sorcery by which words summon worlds for readers, but also literal, honest-to-goodness magic: angels, conjurers, otherworldly attractions and dances of mysterious power. -
New books published this week include a nostalgic graphic history of video games, a queer, complicated and hopeful novel set in Nigeria, and a biography of a forensic ornithologist. -
This week, new horror from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, a funny college do-over from Jeneva Rose, and autofiction from Hannah Pittard. Plus, stories about the American South, and a deep dive into the Earth. -
Plus: a new novel from Gary Shteyngart, a true story of a shipwreck, and a memoir from a wrongly incarcerated inmate who was exonerated after 28 years behind bars. -
For many working adults, the summer can often feel the same as the rest of the year. So, maybe our idea of a "summer read" should encompass a wider swath of books? Here are a few out this week. -
The new books publishing this week may get quite heavy, laden as they are with family tragedy, psychopathy and heartbreak — but at least they are fiction. -
Sometimes all it takes to make your day a little brighter is to remind yourself just how dark life can get. Here are four dark novels and a true crime tale.
