A lively Q&A with the National Book Award winner on the occasion of his short, sweet, terrifying new novel, Twist.

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Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...

When walking down the street, you probably don’t stop to notice the manholes on the road. And if you have, you may not have realized that nearly all of them are round—or that those with other ...

I saw a painting of a woman, head down on a table, collapsed from melancholy,” remarks indie pop visionary and bestselling ...

Cherry blossom season holds cultural significance in Japan and heralds new beginnings. Taking the Somei-Yoshino variety as a benchmark, the Meteorological Agency officially declared Tokyo's sakura ...

In the Chiba atelier of artist Kazunori Hamana, a historic kominka surrounded by a serene garden and filled with the dynamic ceramic vessels the artist is known for, Raul stands before the camera ...

HONG KONG--At Hong Kong’s Art Basel, painter Chow Chun-fai’s new works transport viewers back to the night in 1997 when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule, displayed in the ...

Skateboarder Funa Nakayama proved up to the challenge of an attention-grabbing photo when she became the first Asian woman to be featured on the cover of the prestigious Thrasher Magazine.