Late in the spring of 1955, after visiting the Dewa Sanzan, or the Three Mountains of Dewa, that stand in Yamagata Prefecture, Japanese literary schol ...

Some education experts believe that soon, even the most sophisticated stories and knowledge will be imparted mainly through ...

“Between the Lights,” first published in Benson’s 1912 collection The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, is set in a quintessentially spooky mansion in the English countryside at Christmastime, ...

Matsiko doesn’t think there is such a thing as a great Ugandan novel. “Chimamanda warns against the single story, and she’s right. Uganda is not a tribe; Africa is not a country. Each demographic has ...

Today I brag to celebrate the abundance of the printed word. It feels miraculous. A new paperback costs less than two coffees ...

This week, Norman MacCaig falls under his Sauron-like gaze... POETRY is niche. Bung a few volumes on your shelves, preferably a collection called Opaque Stuff That Doesn’t Rhyme, and folk’ll think you ...