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In reaction to these infuriating conversations, Barnett did something he said he never would do: he wrote a book for ...

Celebrated author Mac Barnett is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and has a new, short book about writing for kids: "Make Believe." He talks with NPR's Elissa Nadworny about it.

Wishbone is finally getting his own story told. The beloved PBS series, which followed a small dog with a big imagination as he brought classic literature to life, is the subject of a new documentary, ...

Two recent studies have concluded that serious literary fiction makes people more empathetic, and humanists everywhere are clinking glasses in celebration. But I wonder whether this is a victory for ...

A nanny for a wealthy family plots to kidnap the child in her care. Unfortunately, her plans go off the rails when the family patriarch gets arrested on corruption charges. It's a premise to a novel ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

“What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?” Falstaff demands of Prince Hal, in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part 1.” “Is not the truth the truth?” The joke, of course, is that he has been lying his head off, and ...

On the first evening of SIEL 2026, in the Salle Ibn Battuta, Annie Ernaux came to defend her own definition of literature.