Through historical multilingualism that mixes archaeology, science and philology, researchers have been able to map when mass migration occurred ... journalist and novelist Omar El Akkad writes, there ...

Boermans changed the names of those involved. On Feb. 22, 2022, 27-year-old Abdel Rahman Akkad drove to an Apple Store in Amsterdam's Leidseplein square, using a supermarket's delivery truck ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Most of the winners of the Oregon Book Awards are under wraps until next week’s ceremony, but Literary Arts has announced two of them. Laura Moulton, founder of Street Books, and Jelani Memory ...

The likely route for the Red Arrows flypast to mark VE Day has been revealed. The stunning aerial display will fly over the south of England to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, including over ...

Gay Talese published a candid account of his infidelities in 1980. His marriage survived; his career almost didn’t. By Harry Lambert Gay Talese lives in a four-floor brownstone on New York’s Upper ...

The world of contemporary literature is filled with its own snipes, grievances and discourse, but one thing I am grateful for is that the puritanism that is infecting Hollywood studios has not leaked ...

The New York Times is reporting the Trump administration is soliciting ideas from right-wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation to help boost the U.S. birth rate. The proposals shared with ...

The Washington Post reports the Trump administration is preparing to remove federal protections for at least six national monuments spanning millions of acres of land across Arizona, California ...

Who’s at the peak? COVID-19 has hit some countries far harder than others, though differences in the way infections are counted locally make it impossible to make a perfect apples-to-apples ...

In the book, Carney offers a vision of a "more humane society" and a map toward getting there. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins is a graphic novel by Arley Nopra. (Submitted by Arley Nopra ...

Douglas Waller gives a detailed and nuanced look at Frank Wisner’s outsize role in U.S. foreign policy and the bipolar disorder that undid him. Antonio Muñoz Molina’s “Your Steps on the ...