Before the Independence Day fireworks this week, try this short quiz on America’s popular books published during the ...

Journalist Terence Smith reflects on decades of reporting on American presidents, wars On our bookshelf tonight, NewsHour's old friend and former longtime media correspondent Terence Smith's ...

June 27 dawns bright and ordinary, until Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’ reveals its horror. Published in 1948, this chilling ...

Is it possible to embrace the idea of a special, evenly divinely ordained mission for America without violating Christian ...

Helen Schulman talks about writing the short stories in her new book, ‘Fools for Love.’ We also check in with Now Serving, a ...

THE short story is not the poor country cousin of the novel. Many excellent short story writers have been denigrated for not ...

FAU American literature professor Taylor Hagood takes a look at the Florida described by writers like Theodore Pratt and the modern, asphalt-laden landscape.

They felt excluded by "millennial moral censorship" — but is their work pushing boundaries, or just pushing buttons?

In his short stories, the late author Jesse Stuart (1906-1984) reshaped W-Hollow into a fictional place that became part of ...

“The vast majority of adults truly need somewhere between seven and nine hours, and we offer that range because there is a ...

Austin Arts Hall of Fame revived to induct 10 new members, including Deborah Roberts, Dave Steakley, Anton Nel, Ginger Morris ...