If and when Jews and other readers tire of the fictional world of J.K. Rowling, Bloom may be remembered as an early harbinger ...

Growing up, the Bard was for white kids. Now in his forties, our columnist—professor, novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner—reads ...

“The Gnostic Scriptures” (1987; 2nd ed. 2021), a work of impeccable scholarship, was described by Harold Bloom as “the one indispensable book for the understanding of Gnosis and Gnosticism.” A crucial ...

To the uninitiated, a Dallas literary festival with an Argentinian slowcore rock band in its lineup may seem strange. But consider that Frontera is being organized by the SMU-based Southwest ...

And as the Shakespeare scholar Harold Bloom summed up the dichotomy: It is Othello’s tragedy, but it is Iago’s play. There is another way, of course, in which “Othello” is singular in ...

Some key novels by Nobel literature prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, who died on Sunday: Vargas Llosa based his first novel in a military academy in the Peruvian capital Lima that marked him for life, ...

Personal details are boring and worth skipping. Suffice it to say life was changed, with a job transfer and admission to a university after that friend’s suggestion. The book was ‘ Conversation in The ...

Just in time for the spring season, USA Today released a list of some of the top public spaces across the country, including ...

The Jozi Kota Festival returns to Newtown on Saturday, 5 April, bringing together the best kasi flavours from around the country. Hosted at The Station ZA, the event promises a jam-packed experience ...