With the human family tree now more like a hedge and twice as many known moons, Bill Bryson talks to the New Scientist ...

In a new book, Robell Awake uncovers the legacy of Black artisans in the U.S. By the time he obtained his freedom sometime between 1850 and 1860, and settled in Williamson County, Tennessee, Richard ...

Building and designing furniture by hand is how Atlanta-based woodworker Robell Awake acknowledges and preserves the work and legacy of pioneering Black artisans. It is work that often goes uncredited ...

TOLEDO — Local historian Kevin Moore has published a short historical fiction about Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s victory in the Battle of Lake Erie. “Waves and War: A Short Story” follows the ...

In 2021, Gini Alhadeff, author and translator, brought a new concept to the venerable publisher New Directions. What if, she proposed, New Directions published short books—novellas or long stories—as ...

Some books arrive quietly and leave a lasting ache. This listicle brings together ten short works that hold grief, desire, ...

Clark Gable reading the novel "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. One of his greatest roles was that of Rhett Butler in the MGM film adaption of the book. For history enthusiasts, historical ...