Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting ...

This groundbreaking Vonnegut sci-fi novel keeps beating Hollywood. The reason explains why it’s so hard to film.

A teenage girl infiltrates the world of the animals to save a beloved piece of land in Disney and Pixar's latest “Hoppers.” ...

A Life,' explores how a reclusive Southern reporter’s proximity to FBI profilers and a real-life prison surgeon forged modern ...

In an era of 'anti-intellectualism,' a popular L.A. reading series called Grain of Salt is redefining the book club by pairing queer literature with immersive four-course meals.

In “El Paso,” Jazmine Ulloa paints her hometown as a microcosm for all that is good and bad about the United States.

The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans is an epistolary novel about a septuagenarian whose letters, emails and notes help her ...

The Jackson-Madison County Library Board moved 37 young adult books to the adult section after a citizen request.

One morning in January 2006, Rachel Weaver, a 20-something aspiring writer who was about to start grad school in Colorado, woke up to a hurricane; except the hurricane was whirling within her own body ...

With this week’s announcement of massive cuts at The Washington Post, the paper’s Book World supplement earned a dismal distinction: It may be the only newspaper book-review section to have been ...

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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... After weeks of rumors about impending layoffs, employees at the Washington Post were informed Wednesday morning that the Jeff Bezos–owned ...