After a forced confession and a death sentence, a Kurdish poet spent 30 years in jail, where he discovered his voice. His ...

An epic poem about the Trojan war is merged with the domestic heartbreak of the scholar who discovers it in this ambitious, structurally problematic novel ...

In the play “Rheology,” a son and his mother grapple, in very different ways, with what her eventual death will mean.

For most of his life, John Robins assumed he got more out of alcohol than it took from him. Now he knows it was the other way round ...

Discover how a Singaporean man with a fatal ALS diagnosis is living audaciously by starting a charitable fund to help young ...

I want to apologize to anyone whom I’ve wished a “haiku birthday,” or – here’s a new one – “Hooy Orthopedic.” That must’ve really confused the unlucky recipient. I’ve said it before: I despise voice ...

Amanda Knox continues to make headlines almost two decades after she was convicted - and later exonerated - for the murder of ...

"An older woman — one I’d noticed had been watching us — snapped." ...

Dramatic elements elicit strong emotions and pull you into the intimate core of human relationships. Drama as a film category ...

The signature pose of the fifties counterculture is back, from goatees to espresso bars to a movie version of Jack Kerouac's ...

Knowledge is power, so the saying goes – and where there is power, there is abuse. At 18, former child star Jennette McCurdy ...

Bob Barth saw a deadly showdown coming in the small town of Timber and said he warned sheriff’s deputies. They did nothing.