But that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable. Two new books, “The Sirens’ Call” by Hayes and “Superbloom” by Carr, argue that our capacity for attention and connection has been ...

The production is helmed by SuzAnne Barabas, whose extensive directing credits at NJ Rep include The Housewives of Mannheim, ...

The Florentine poet’s richly detailed vision of a journey through hell and beyond has inspired other writers and artists for centuries.

Therefore, everything changes for A.J. when, one night, his treasured book of poems gets stolen. Shortly afterward, an unlikely face arrives at his bookstore, offering him a whole new future ahead.

Instead of trying to break down the art of naming a child, let’s try something different and use art as inspiration for the baby name.

Forgive me, reader, for I’m about to commit a cardinal sin of theatre criticism. I’m going to start this review with some literary theory. Joshua Chong is a Toronto-based arts critic and ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A thriller, a dystopia, a Gothic novel about a family curse: Genre lovers have options in this week’s recommended books ...

The James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home and Museum recently released its 2025 calendar, which features a new book club, a poetry slam, a pixy tea party and an ice cream social, along with lectures ...

Wrong! Writing lyrics is harder. Some poetry has strict forms such as the haiku or the sonnet, or it may follow a certain meter, such as the iambic pentameter (10 syllables with every other one ...

Creating a roundup of the 25 best-selling books of all time is harder than it sounds. Books—especially those published hundreds of years ago—were published in different editions and translated ...