Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

The intense drama may not be among Suzan-Lori Parks' most immediately satisfying works, but it is so evocative, so layered, so thought-provoking, that it should be seen and treasured.

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in ...

The Global African Heritage Foundation has launched a book celebrating the legacies of the late Kofi Annan, former UN ...

The author on the aha moment that led to writing about her often harrowing upbringing, why her father was her first reader, ...

Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer, Leonard Bernstein. In his new book, “Eminent Jews,” David Denby profiles the rich, ...

Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

Jamie Hood’s account of the three times she was raped in two years, Trauma Plot, shows her to be both a sharp critic and a superb memoirist ...

South Korean director Jang Seong-Ho and cinematographer-producer Woo-hyung Kim share why they hope the new animated film "The ...

Now after years of painstaking collaborative work with the university’s Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory (CHIL), ...

The new series adaptation transports the events of this shockingly intimate, heartfelt and frequently banned book to 2018 Los Angeles. “Forever” premieres on Netflix on May 8. Charlie Heller ...