And yet fear is among his recurring themes. Each of Alameddine’s books, dissimilar as they otherwise may be, is an attempt to wrestle with the terrifying arbitrariness of fate. This preoccupation ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Marvel is giving comics fans a bit of a belated holiday gift of sorts with the arrival of a new ...

A Fort Myers writer got an unexpected Valentine’s Day gift last week: She'd just won the prestigious Southern Book Prize. “I am beside myself…” Tometich wrote on Instagram after the Southern Book ...

In the autumn of 2010, Lynne Freeman, a family-law attorney and an unpublished author, put the final touches on her first novel, “Blue Moon Rising.” The story revolved around a teen-age girl named ...

Gail Simone is the acclaimed writer of several comic books, including “Birds of Prey,” “Wonder Woman,” and currently “Uncanny X-Men.” Her first novel, “Red Sonja: Consumed,” was published last month ...

When he was 16, Edgar Gomez had gleaming new veneers glued to his top teeth. His freshly even smile was like a miracle: “I looked like the real me,” he writes, “not that other, shame-filled version of ...

Have you ever stared in a mirror for a few hours? Try it: Watch as your nose somehow shifts placement on your face, how your eyebrows lose symmetry, how quickly you fail to recognize yourself. Facial ...

2025 looks set to be the year of Superman. The first trailer for DC Studios and James Gunn's upcoming Superman movie broke records and, provided the movie strikes a chord with people, it stands a very ...