A paradox of staid everyday life within an insular religious community, such as the one so beautifully captured in Kate Riley’s debut novel, “Ruth” (Riverhead, 256 pages, $29), is that zealousness is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, D.C.—Kate Riley has been named president and chief executive officer of America's Public Television Stations. She will ...

As a young woman, Kate Riley's search for meaning led her to a Christian commune. She lived there for a year and embraced collective life – everyone dressed the same and no one owned any private ...

Ruth doesn't fit in. And the entire point of her insular religious community is to fit in. Ruth tells jokes. Ruth has ideas. She reads everything she can get her hands on, but those choices are pretty ...

She’s the impish narrator of Kate Riley’s novel about a Hutterite community in Michigan. Chances are you don’t know anything about the Hutterites — I didn’t until last week — but one of the many ...

Riley succeeds Patrick Butler, who is retiring after almost 14 years as leader of the organization When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Riley will succeed Pat Butler, CEO since 2011, who is retiring. Riley was the unanimous choice by APTS’ board and will assume her leadership duties Oct. 1. “Kate Riley is the ideal candidate to lead ...