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From children's books, to nonfiction, to mysteries and LGBTQ+ lit, discover the authors — who were librarians, or still are — ...
Language is at the heart of Ed Atkins’s CGI-powered videos, performances and occasional plays, so it’s not surprising that he ...
It’s a big week for the writer, artist and filmmaker: there’s a retrospective of his work on at the Tate Britain, and he’s got a new book out, Flower. In both, he asks himself – and the audience – big ...
Jamie Hood’s account of the three times she was raped in two years, Trauma Plot, shows her to be both a sharp critic and a superb memoirist ...
For its 50th birthday, Microsoft is teaching its AI-powered Copilot chatbot a few new tricks.
Prepare to rethink ancient myths, explore the depths of the human mind and do more in these new books by Anders Nilsen, María ...
The first time Camilla saw a caterpillar, she mistook the creature for a more fantastical apparition: a dragon wearing ...
In the 416-page book, the beloved cultural icon writes about her remarkable personal and professional journey — from a difficult childhood in Connecticut to meeting and marrying the love of her ...
One of the best-known works of art at the New Orleans Museum of Art is a regal painting of Marie Antoinette. Painted in 1788 as the calls for revolution grew ...
If you’re lucky enough to have an outdoor space, consider planting some flowers so they’re blooming and thriving by the time the weather gets really hot. Just because you want beautiful blooms ...
When Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party established the People’s Republic of China in 1949, they imposed a political unity on a fragmented reality. The new PRC stretched from borders ...