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Reading Hermann Hesse isn’t about racing to the end—it’s about sitting with his words, letting them stir things within you. His books don’t offer easy answers. They ask you to slow down ...

The Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour – but this is just one of many misunderstandings about the book that began with its first publication a century ago, in April 1925.

In this feature, we're looking back at some of the most noteworthy examples of comic book baddies where something was lost in translation during the journey from page to screen. You can find ...

SUFFIELD, Conn. — Controversy is growing in Suffield over a potential book ban involving LGBTQ+ material. The Kent Memorial Library Commission was supposed to consider the matter on March 20 ...

A new book by the historian Quinn Slobodian examines right-wing figures who have positioned themselves as populist critics of neoliberalism while weaponizing some of its founders’ ideas.

A Leon Valley Police Department officer found the body of a deceased 66-year-old man during a welfare check. About 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, an officer was stopped and asked to conduct a welfare ...

LOS ANGELES — For the Spurs, there have been times this season in which winning an NBA game has seemed as impossible as moving a mountain. Tuesday at the Intuit Dome, the task was even tougher ...

A prominent former fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) blasted CNN’s Jake Tapper’s upcoming book as "a slap in the face" to people who were scolded for questioning former ...

The American Library Association (ALA) released its annual list of most-challenged books on Monday, which includes new data that reveals the majority of censorship attempts in school and public ...

The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, has purged hundreds of books from its library — including "How to be Anti-Racist" by Ibram X. Kendi — as part of a push to eliminate diversity ...

Seventy-two percent of demands to censor books in schools have come from organizations that include elected officials, board members and administrators, according to the American Library Association.