Iowa author Dan Henderson will visit two southwest Iowa towns this week to share the stories behind his new non-fiction book, “Rhythm and Pep: The Vaudeville Career of the Pearson Brothers.” The ...

When N. Srinivasan walked into CG Power on 26 November 2020, he knew he had accepted the most daunting assignment of his career. What he did not know was that it would become the subject of his first ...

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Born into exceptional privilege, Belle Burden had it all: love, money, family. Then her marriage fell apart. By Alex Kuczynski In a new book, C. Thi Nguyen looks to his personal passions — from video ...

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...

William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our critic A.O. Scott, and then play a game to memorize it. By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ellas McDaniel became Bo Diddley when he was a teenager. He had been raised in Mississippi by his aunt, Gussie ...

This atmospheric debut from a young Italian writer is drawing raves. After her father dies, Mina, a 30-year-old living in London, returns home to Calabria to help her sister run her late dad’s bar.

Most people think swing is only for jazz, but that’s not true. In this lesson, Amy Nolte proves that pop and rock melodies can groove beautifully when played with swing phrasing. She demonstrates how ...

Prepare to go deeper into the stories that matter. This new audio podcast is designed to extend the literary experience of our best-selling titles, creating a deep-dive destination for listeners eager ...