From “The Grapes of Wrath” to “The Lady With the Dog,” here’s my brief personal list of best movie adaptations of great ...

Resort book clubs, tour companies, hotel libraries and a growing number of literary festivals are offering readers new ways to indulge their interests. Reading retreats at Lake Austin Spa Resort in ...

With this week’s announcement of massive cuts at The Washington Post, the paper’s Book World supplement earned a dismal distinction: It may be the only newspaper book-review section to have been ...

Ron Rash entered the Southern literary scene in 2002 with “One Foot in Eden,” a stunning debut novel set in North Carolina, and has not faltered for a moment. He now has written now eight novels, ...

Exploring the profound integration of literary and art education within the philosophy of "life education," Chinese researcher Ding Guoqi, director of the Institute of Literature at the Chinese ...

From projects written using very specific words to books penned without particular letters. A lipogram is a literary work in which a particular letter of the alphabet is intentionally avoided. The ...

Do you tend to masseuse (er, misuse) words in humorous ways? If yes, you've made a malapropism—and everyone from politicians to famous literature characters is guilty of it. Have you ever uttered a ...

With universities starting to axe the course, the subject that helped shape Britain’s national identity is falling into crisis Claire Allfree is a writer specialising in books and theatre, but she ...

As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the pantheon, our critic asks: Is greatness overrated? Critic’s Notebook As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the ...

It’s fair to say that “The Tipping Point” was the tipping point for Malcolm Gladwell’s career. In 2000, the book catapulted Gladwell, then a New Yorker staff writer, to literary superstardom. It also ...

How often have you asked someone, “Isn’t that ironic?” While ironic is used to describe certain situations, many times, it’s actually misused and misunderstood. To start off, it’s important to know ...