CHICAGO — Writing this sentence was hard. There were so many other things I could have gone with. That set of words seemed right at the time, roughly 90 seconds ago. Now I’m not so sure. Joan Didion ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - It is 6 p.m. A prisoner is strapped to the execution table. A microphone hangs from the ceiling. And then the prisoner is asked if he or she has anything to say. With those few ...

In her No. 1 best-selling picture book, “A Day With No Words,” the debut author shows an average day in the life of a boy who has autism. By Elisabeth Egan “Early morning chases a long night. Mama ...

Shugri Salh, author of the memoir 'The Last Nomad,' reflects on her picture book debut, 'Suuban’s First Day,' current events, ...

On the cover of Vashti Harrison's latest book, a young Black girl, her curly hair styled in two puffs, is wearing a beautiful pastel tutu and pink ballet slippers. Her arms are stretched high over her ...

S1: Hey , San Diego , I'm Andrew Bracken in for Jade Hindman , one of the hosts of the popular public radio show away With words is out with a new book all about her love for language. This is KPBS ...

Origin Uncertain: Unravelling the Mysteries of Etymology. By Anatoly Liberman. Oxford University Press; 344 pages; $29.99 and £22.99 MANY WORDS are puzzles themselves. “Conundrum” confounds scholars; ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. According to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, 1 in 36 children has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United ...