Her book promises the “flesh-and-blood person” behind her fiction but delivers something far more cautious The post What’s ...

The short story collection doesn’t just touch on cultural themes Twain would have appreciated, it deals in the sort of wordplay and conscious undermining of literary formats he popularized.

This year’s Guadalajara International Book Fair, which runs in the western Mexican city November 29–December 7, promises some 3,000 events and activities; 18,000 publishing professionals; and 800 ...

Actors Ivan Hernandez (And Just Like That...), Richard Masur (The Girls on the Bus), and Cynthia Nixon (The Gilded Age) honor the 2025 Best American Short Stories, curated and edited by bestselling ...

The investment seeks total return using a strategy that seeks to protect against U.S. inflation. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in inflation-linked debt securities. It ...

"Shoot, I didn't let him leave," Sarkisian said Monday. "I fought to keep him here, because of one, the player that he is, but two, I think he's a glue guy when it comes to our culture. Culture wins.

Author and critic Lincoln Michel talks about Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai's Nobel win and what it shows about who gets recognized in world literature. The winner of the Nobel Prize in ...

On the first day of competition at this year’s World Cup circuit, American Regan Smith opted out of the 50 backstroke, an event in which she holds the world record, to focus on the 200 butterfly. That ...

Washington Irving was born just as the news reached New York City: The war with England was over. To celebrate, his mother named him after the victorious American general. When he was a boy of 6, ...