On October 8, 2023, just a day after the Israel-Hamas war had begun with the deadly and shocking Hamas incursion into southern Israel, Hadassah Ben-Ari, 35, was at home with her seven children ...

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Fleur Adcock, the New Zealand-born poet, who has died aged 90, was one of the most celebrated and influential voices in ...

Ahead of the November general election, the Southern California News Group compiled a list of questions to pose to the candidates who wish to represent you. You can find the full questionnaire below.

Jila Mossaed fled Iran for Sweden in 1986, a 38-year-old poet who spoke no Swedish. Three decades later, she became the first ...

Tender, beautiful and unflinching, Sylvia Barnard’s second historical fiction, A Hyphenated Life, is an expertly woven coming-of-age story of Angelika Langer, the daughter of German immigrant parents ...

Americans watch nearly three hours of television a day. That got us wondering how much they’d earn, if they were ...

Jim Witherell of Lewiston is a writer and lover of words whose work includes “L.L. Bean: The Man and His Company” and “Ed ...

Making a statement on the events at Cook’s trial, George Harding, one of Bingham Baring’s men, said that Cook’s sledge-hammer fell on the brim of Baring’s hat and then landed on his “collar” and ...

Jila Mossaed came to Sweden as a 38-year-old poet in 1986, fleeing Iran. Three decades later, she became the first foreigner ...

If you’re a native English speaker or lover of the English language, Otherwise Bookshop just outside of Piazza Navona may be your new favorite bookstore in Rome. Two cozy rooms pack popular ...

awards the Randolph Caldecott Medal to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in English by an American publisher in the United States during the preceding ...