Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Chernow chronicles the life of one of the nation's most beloved humorists and writers in ...

A.O. Scott, who reviewed movies for The New York Times for more than two decades, is now a roving critic for the Book Review.

In the vibrant tapestry of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity, where rainforests pulse with life and endemic creatures lurk under every ...

It is obvious that Lagos State as the economic, commercial and literary hub of Nigeria deserves to have a writers’ resort.

Last year’s Future Writers winner makes it to Gratiaen Shortlist Hafsa Rizvi, Taleetha Wambeck and Sohara Bandaranayake named ...

By Damian Flanagan I have an old friend who tends to post slightly unusual material on social media. He is British guy living ...

If I asked you to picture a racist, I know exactly what you'd envision. A white hood, or someone screaming slurs, or a person ...

Every year when the Swedish Academy announces the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, I find myself contemplating the same age-old questions. What does literature do? Why do we need literature?

At the Jaipur Literature Festival, the art historian and author of ‘The Story of Art Without Men’ spoke about celebrating ...

Historian Ron Chernow’s latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” ...

From his childhood, Samuel Clemens was devoted to showmanship, exaggeration and the joy of a tall tale.

Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known ...