The British writer-director's new film, set to kick off its festival journey in the coming weeks, is inspired by the ...

In this genre-bending book, Jen explores her damaging relationship with her mother, how she became a writer, and her mother’s ...

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A "subtle, sensitive and quietly powerful" story of domestic tension, Witness by Lynda McCarthy has been announced as the ...

A well-told short story can remain with the reader for years, if not the rest of their lives. From shocking to mournful, these are some of the most-read short stories ever written.

Released this week, "The Land of Sweet Forever" includes stories the author wrote in the years before her debut novel became ...

Urmila Seshagiri was researching Virginia Woolf's unpublished autobiography when she uncovered a revised version of ...

A woman will no longer be substitute teaching at DeSoto County Schools after posting a video of students to social media. The ...

Two short essays, translated into English for the first time, offer a coda on the late writer’s life-long preoccupations ...

Recently discovered stories by ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee are combined with essays and a crackling bread ...