Johnny Depp has long been recognized for his diverse interests that extend far beyond the silver screen. While many fans know ...

None of this should fool anyone into thinking homophobia is declining. In a Jan. 19 guest essay in The New York Times, two ...

Have you ever stopped mid-page and felt a line sink deep into your chest? Maybe it knocked the breath from your lungs or made ...

In his first collection in 11 years, the writer conjures his youth and family, elegises old friends, and hints at sensual ...

Liu, Y. and Luo, Y. (2026) A Corpus-Based Study of Musicality in Zhu Shenghao’s Translation of Shakespeare’s Four Great Tragedies. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 14, 425-438. doi: ...

The author discusses his new novel, Vigil; the source of his ideas; and fiction as a vehicle for truth.

As today’s Word of the Day, sesquipedalian reminds us that language is elastic. It can be stretched, compressed, embellished or stripped bare.

Why do we care about places we may never visit? Why do stories about wildlife, people and cultures stay with us long after we ...

Harris County Judge Jon Lindsay demonstrated the benefits - and drawbacks - of the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board's bias ...

It was the French historian Pierre Nora who coined the term lieux de mémoire – “sites of memory”. He meant to suggest that ...

The collection of seven crime thrillers by the former diplomat turned writer is at once deliciously dark and ...

Ryo Orikasa discusses how he transforms literature, poetry, and written language into animated form through text, sound, and silence.