First Book’s work is an antidote to book bans. It makes diverse books more accessible to students, teachers and libraries.

Ms. Bradford sold more than 90 million books, including 30 million copies of “A Woman of Substance” alone, making it one of ...

If I come across ‘Dad’ or ‘Mommy,’ I’m out,” says the former U.S. poet laureate. “‘Grandma’ gets a pass.” His new collection ...

In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder.

Award-winning authors Crystal Maldonado, Julie Murphy, Renée Watson and Yehudi Mercado chat with Allen Zadoff on why fat and ...

The adult world is ever more full of robots. Children’s entertainment feels as if it’s working hard to make them seem ...

How a full floor of the Sherry-Netherland became an apartment that evokes both European grandeur and downtown lofts.

Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German ...

In a collection of mini essays, poems and painted vignettes, the artist and writer reckons with remorse and joy.