The prolific novelist’s correspondence, collected for the first time, trace a life of literary brilliance, turbulent loves ...

While rare in English-language books, “xigua” (西瓜), pronounced “shee-gwah", is occasionally used in English dictionaries as ...

The author discusses their debut novel's structure, influences from Agatha Christie and Crazy Rich Asians, and themes of cultural perception and socioeconomic status.

Christina Holbrook and Jane Flynn went to the same high school and college, and they both moved to New York City after ...

When my mentor died suddenly, I had no idea what to do next. I started writing and discovered that telling the story of my ...

A Delaware County couple's private love letters took an unexpected detour, and it's all because of a book they donated to a Little Free Library.

At 43 years old, married and a national cable-TV anchor, I still call my dad every evening to say good night — and that’s after having talked a few times during the day. It’s because my dad is my best ...

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

In “Letters From the Edge: Stories of Curiosity, Bravery, and Discovery,” Jeff Wilser collects the adventures of more than 45 members of the Explorers Club, a New York-based professional society ...

Just three Aboriginal writers appeared in Radio National’s poll. There was little sense of the breadth and creativity of our ...

Kipling’s real-life quest may have inspired his 1916 poem My Boy Jack, which begins: "Have you news of my boy Jack?" and continues, "Has anyone else had word of him?" In the letters The Jungle Book ...

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