When Lillian Ross profiled the celebrated novelist, the world saw ridicule and ruin. But letters between the reporter and her ...

The creator of Bridget Jones, who grew up on Jane Austen and Jackie Collins, has no patience for “snobbery about escapist ...

America’s sovereign-debt spiral has been building since Washington embarked on large budget deficits in the 1980s. As the tab ...

Few spirits have a more mysterious and convoluted reputation than absinthe. This Swiss spirit is nicknamed "la fée verte" or ...

Aurora Borealis Charter School, Redoubt Elementary, Homer Connections and Homer High School will represent the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in the State Battle of the Books Championships ...

A two decade-old bookstore in Santacruz gives new life to second-hand titles in the age of branded releases ...

Re “ This Is Not a Moment to Settle With Trump ,” by Jameel Jaffer (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com, Feb. 4): ...

Many of the world’s most notable wordsmiths, from Hunter S. Thompson to Bob Dylan, have included dispatches about the game of hockey and its stars.

Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...

Really, one should burn everything,” wrote Philip Larkin, admitting that he was “depressed by the remorseless scrutiny of one’s private affairs that seems to be the fate of the newly dead.” He didn’t ...

James H Jackson, who has died aged 61, was a risk analyst and authority on counter-terrorism, and drew on his expertise to ...