I get it, I get it all too easily, when I read Powers’s preachier novels, whether they’re about trees (The Overstory), race ...

Morgan Freeman has always been an avid reader, and there's one novel that's stuck with him since it introduced him to ...

At 96, Lore Segal is approaching death with the same startling powers of perception she brought to her fiction.

On Saturday, October 19, the Friends of the Library is sponsoring a theatrical performance, which is free and open to the ...

Barry Moser, an illustrator and professor of art at Smith College, has works featured in a New York City exhibition honoring ...

To get an idea of young people’s interest in literature today, try picking up a book on the average English student’s reading ...

Nautical novels offer escapes into worlds of adventure, discovery, and magic. They combine elements of fantasy, history, and ...

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Lore Segal, an esteemed Viennese American author and translator whose gift for words helped her ...

New Bedford plans to erect a statue in honor of author Herman Melville, and more than 40 artists expressed interest. The ...

Four accomplished sculptors have been selected as finalists to create New Bedford’s Herman Melville statue, chosen from over ...

In America the Divided, agreement on any difficult issue often seems impossible, so it’s heartening to hear about a creative ...

New Bedford has selected four sculptors as finalists to create a statue of famed "Moby-Dick" author Herman Melville. The ...