Build your reading list with our weekly Books newsletter. Sign up today. Norwegian writer Torbjorn Ekelund’s new book is called In Praise of Paths, but in it he returns several times to our habit of ...

Where post-colonial theory holds a special place in the world of literature, post-colonial criticism – akin to analogous cultural studies – holds an exclusive viewpoint on literature and politics.

Lent is a time for forgoing worldly pleasures and opting to spend time in spiritual reflection and meditation. As Christians mark the period leading up to Easter — Ash Wednesday, which signals the ...

Ideas and themes once found only in science fiction are now a staple of films and novels. But not all writers dipping into the genre want to be associated with it. Rick Kleffel of member station KUSP ...

A rather spiritually deep recurring theme in 19th Century American literature has puzzled me for years, and you may have noticed it as well. During the 1900’s a number of sea-going, adventurous novels ...

GUV:Hmm hmm. Yes. Yes. OK. Yep. So we’re saying revenge, isolation and fear are three key themes in Susan Hill’s The Woman In Black? (to Shane) Dane, you want to kick us off with the theme of revenge?

A University of Missouri instructor is exploring how Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” will inspire her ...

Nearly two years after the start of COVID-19 social-distancing protocols and lockdowns, the pandemic is still a thing we think about — and live with — daily. Its constant presence and the way it has ...

Reminiscing about the Dr. Seuss books we loved as children is usually a happy time for adults. We might remember first learning about equality in Horton Hears a Who! or getting starry-eyed about our ...