“Last Christmas,” the song by Wham!, is about unrequited love and the feeling of loss. Last Christmas, the movie, is about Emilia Clarke’s Kate Andrich, a young woman working as an elf at a Christmas ...

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

Rebecca Yarros’ series takes the top 3 spots in fiction: the New York Times bestseller list for the week ended Jan. 25. Also ...

Everett gives James the gift of language, and James writes his account of his travels with a stolen pencil stub—one which ...

F or many Black Americans, closing the racial equity gap can feel like an insurmountable task. More than 83% say efforts ...

It Happened in Hartford” honors the happy home life the Twains experienced in Hartford with a museum exhibit and walking tour ...

On Feb. 15, 1885, 140 years ago next week, Mark Twain’s best work of fiction, “Huckleberry Finn,” was first published in the United States. Critics berated the book. In Concord, Massachusetts, ...

Percival Everett’s “James” is up for another literary award — the PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. Other nominees include ...

Here are more things to do this weekend at the Shore and beyond, including "Two Trains Running" in Middletown, and Ari ...

This year's San Miguel Writers' Conference and Literary Festival promises to be bigger, better and more star-studded than ...

Reading, writes Edwina Preston, is a way of journeying on the wings of others without moving from the armchair (or bed). Here ...