Actor Matthew McConaughey, recently in town for the premiere of “The Lost Bus” at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, has a new book out: “Poems and Prayers.” It’s No. 4 on the original ...

For the past weeks, I’ve kept a new monograph on the artist Emily Mason on my glass coffee table, observing the sea of ...

Woolf wrote in “On Being Ill” that “it is to the poets that we turn” when “illness makes us disinclined for the long ...

In her second novel, Patricia Lockwood wonders whether long COVID has replaced her old self with someone entirely different.

Nationally acclaimed poet Martín Espada will be at Worcester State University on Oct. 3 for a free poetry reading. Espada ...

On Sunday, 27th September, Drama On One will broadcast The Last Room by writer and restaurateur JP McMahon. The play won third prize in the 2024 PJ O'Connor Awards.

Every Time They Call Me She” explores 17-year-old Belle Adelman-Cannon’s gender identity, relationships, and understanding of ...

On this 25th of September, our world is a lot gloomier without you, but heaven should shine brighter than ever, as you celebrate your birthday over there. Nearly six years have passed since you left ...

A few days ago, we were informed of the untimely death of Capt. Nihal Harischandra Goonewardene. Born in Galle, in 1942, to ...

Their books couldn’t be more different but they're equally compelling; plus more new releases on our radar and upcoming lit events.

Earlier this month, the Library of Congress named Santa Fe poet Arthur Sze the nation’s Poet Laureate for 2025-26. Sze will ...