When you love a book, few things are more exciting (or more nerve-racking) than seeing it turned into a movie. While not every movie based on a book manages to live up to fans' imaginations, the ones ...

North Carolina’s motto is a Latin phrase: Esse quam videri. Popularized by the ancient Roman statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero, who likely first read the Greek version from Plato and ...

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At the very beginning of the Christian era, the apologist Tertullian posed the rhetorical question: ‘What has Athens to do ...

Voting isn't nearly enough — we need a communal process for democratic decision-making. Just ask the Athenians ...

Kayla E. comes to VCU with her new graphic novel featuring an unflinching narrative about a young girl's abusive childhood.

With over 400 books of his own, numerous novellas, and collaborations with other authors, it’s almost unimaginable to account for everything this brilliant literary mind has produced over the past ...

Former President Joe Biden long faced White House concerns about not only his acuity but his longevity, according to a new book. Aides to Vice President Kamala Harris constructed a “death-pool roster” ...

As Canada looks for ways to fight back against tariffs imposed on Canadian goods by U.S. President Donald Trump, libraries, booksellers and publishers are worried Canadian-made books might be ...

promoting his book Purposeful Performance: The Secret Mix of Connecting, Leading, and Succeeding. Although a stack of books sat in front of him, only a few people had stopped by to chat ...

Our critic on the month’s best releases. Credit...Caroline Gamon Supported by By Alida Becker Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was the first winner of the National ...

The beginning of Aeschylus’ “Eumenides” is frustratingly parochial. The entire trilogy, really—“The Oresteia”—is infamous among classicists for its difficulty in the original Greek: rare words, ...