Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Harper — the “mother of African American journalism” — died at 85. Her legacy continues to point the way forward for the fellows whose work bears her name.

Historian Janiece Johnson explains why "American Primeval" falls short in helping viewers understand the Old West, including ...

The interior of Ken Sanders Rare Books is a labyrinth of literary delights. Shelves stretch from floor to ceiling, creating narrow aisles that beckon you to explore. It’s like the Room of Requirement ...

Hotbuckle Theatre Company is bringing the classic American novel, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, to Market Theatre. Following the company's adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the company is adding ...

A cousin of Christian Science and the progenitor of the self-help industry’s more-secularized “positive thinking” gospel, ...

Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981) argues that horror serves a cathartic function, allowing creators and audiences to confront fears safely, providing an emotional “workout” that helps individuals ...

Saikat Majumdar’s new book explores the rise of amateurs as a response to colonial rule, and its current form, embodied by ...

Dating to the 1890s, this Shingle Style dwelling in Larchmont, New York, was designed by an architect known for his 19th ...

Tharoor uses The Mahabharata as a framework for this satirical novel about the major Indian political events of the 20th century, from British colonial rule through to “the struggle for freedom ...

The American West is ripe country for torture porn ... In short: It’s torture porn on the 19th-century high desert. But isn’t that how the West was “won”? Well, this series is no documentary — and the ...

To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn’t know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that demonstrated for the first time that apes will communicate unknown ...