Books are gifts for others and ourselves—escapes always at hand. Newsweek staff share their favorites to enjoy or give this year.

The romantic proclivities of the Shelleys, a notable corpse and a diner delight – test your knowledge with questions posed by favourite authors ...

PARAISO DO SUL, Brazil, Nov 27 (Reuters) - When physician Pedro Lucas Porcela Aurelio unearthed a fossil in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state in 2014, he could barely imagine his discovery ...

Imagine receiving a love poem that reads: “Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, browsing among the lilies,” going on to say that they are a “mount” that the author wishes to “betake” ...

UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 4: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing on “The President’s 2026 Health Care Agenda” in the ...

A team in Israel has uncovered a petite clay figurine — barely the size of a postage stamp — that seems to immortalize a goose making an indecent proposal to a woman. Dug up from a long-lost ...

It was 2012 when Love Dalén, a paleogeneticist at Stockholm University, first laid eyes upon a special specimen on a lab table in eastern Siberia. "Our Russian collaborators said, 'Come here into this ...

The shortest day and longest night of the year inspire mystical winter solstice traditions in anticipation of the sun's ...

I Love LA stars Rachel Sennott, who also created the show. The ensemble cast includes some established faves and fresh faces. Elijah Wood makes a guest starring appearance. Maia is moving up at a ...

Don’t let the name full you, Poetry Week is more than poetry. While built for poets, Bee Balm Arkansas’s Poetry Week is an invitation for any writer or reader seeking to connect with community and ...

Some people text, some e-mail, but there's almost nothing better than getting an actual letter in the mail, especially if it's a letter poem. "A letter poem is when you're addressing someone else," ...