Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered a remarkable combination of Homeric epic and Egyptian ritual: a 2,000-year-old mummy with a papyrus fragment of the “Iliad” sealed...
In most cases, truth is stranger than fiction. But sometimes we need strange fiction to show us the truth. My favorite works of science fiction and...
Judith Barnard, a freelance writer who stumbled on a second career as a best-selling author at 50, when she teamed with her husband, Michael Fain, a...
Much of the praise for Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s debut book in 2021, “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred,” lauded the way...
As a lifelong fan of romantic comedies, my list of favorite “sweet” romances is extensive. Not because I have a spice aversion — but because the...
SEEK THE TRAITOR’S SON, by Veronica Roth I read Veronica Roth’s new novel for adults, “Seek the Traitor’s Son,” over one weekend and had a hard...
WHEN THE FOREST BREATHES: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World, by Suzanne Simard It’s the summer of 2023 and the Canadian forest ecologist Suzanne Simard...
Welcome to Literary Quotable Quotes, a quiz that tests your recognition of classic lines. This week’s installment celebrates lines from popular crime novels. (As a hint,...
Xia De-hong, who survived persecution and torture as an official in Mao Zedong’s China and was later the central figure in her daughter’s best-selling 1991 memoir,...
In prehistoric northern Europe, peatlands — areas of waterlogged soil rich with decaying plant matter — were considered spiritual sites. Since then, swords, jewelry and even...
