It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man of letters, in possession of a goodly number of books, must be in need of a ladder.

Historical revision has been a buzzword in the campaigns leading up to the 2022 presidential election. Fury, tears, and ...

Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

Capital Area District Libraries’ expert selectors have curated a dynamic Black History Month reading list for all ages, ...

The author of the zeitgeisty non-fiction books “Why We Can’t Sleep” and “And Also a Poet” has written her first novel. A husband and wife with a fulfilling partnership and family life ...

Shakespeare, turning history into great poetry, comes to mind after all. In “Julius Caesar,” knowing that his funeral oration over the body of the assassinated Caesar will stir up an angry mob ...

"I decided to include the pandemic section in the book because Green Dot is a contemporary ... and to me it would have felt strange to create a revisionist history of the present," Gray told ...

While all of these books will teach you something about our shared American history and its continued shaping of the present, none feel like homework. Whether through immersive storytelling, bold and ...

While still elevated compared to recent history, the best savings account yields dropped as a result. The Fed began 2025, though, by keeping interest rates unchanged, and is only expect to pare ...

In James Stourton's new book, the history of London's art scene and how it became the big-money, cutthroat enterprise it is today, is explored with a gimlet eye and all of the necessary receipts.