Jo Harkin has invented her own literary language with her dazzling novel “The Pretender” about Edward Plantagenet, a boy ...

A 2D animated biopic of ethnologist Curt Unckel, ‘Nimuendajú’ is also Cannes-bound, set to screen at its Marché du Film.

Wally Lamb clearly drew on his experience conducting prison workshops while writing 'The River Is Waiting,' a novel about a ...

For this author, the Dr. John persona was a delicately crafted bit of musical and theatrical ventriloquism — an imaginary ...

Daniel Kehlmann's 'The Director,' inspired by G.W. Pabst, grapples with the dangers of artistic complicity, in his case with ...

This week, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity, Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the 6888th Central Postal ...

Reading al fresco isn’t always idyllic, but it can be sublime. This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly ...

Any devout Joan Didion fanatic knows that her greatness does not only derive from what she says, but also from what she omits ...

Upon his resurrection, Jesus opened his disciples' minds so they might understand him and share his miraculous story with ...

The late Joan Didion's book is a kind of journal meant for her husband that deal with her meetings with her psychiatrist.

The Simpsons is now airing new episodes through the Spring, and the newest episode of Season 36 has brought back a member of ...

A gradual takeover of UN Tourism is on the way. UN-Tourism has become a network of mutual favors between its Secretary ...