Renaissance writers and thinkers modified the idea of the monk’s cell to create refuges in which books were the only company.

Colonialism and climate change, prevailing motifs of his fiction, have represented the central preoccupation of a number of ...

In Evie Wyld’s new novel, “The Echoes,” a woman mourns her partner while also contending with the traumatic past she left ...

Frost’s approachable verse and appealing rural subjects brought him legions of admirers. His personal life was shot through ...

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Mumbai, Bombay, the Big Mango, is the city of the subcontinent with the greatest diversity of class, religions, castes, ...

Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and ...

Children are taught that doctors are trustworthy healers, so there’s a special sense of betrayal when they inflict pain.

Journalist Sarah Jones chronicles the gaps in the nation's health care system and social safety net that were highlighted by ...

Schlink is best known in the United States for his 1997 novel “The Reader,” or the 2008 film of the same title.

Stretching out across 50 years and a variety of locations, Carmel Harrington’s newest book relies heavily on her ability to write convincing characters ...

Stories of Action in an Age of Global Crisis David Geselbracht | Douglas & McIntyre $24.95 | 248pp. We are all drowning in ...