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Everett gives James the gift of language, and James writes his account of his travels with a stolen pencil stub—one which ...

No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it ...

It’s the 19th century, during a time when it is not uncommon for a beautiful Black child to be plucked from its family, and gifted to royalty or a person of high social status. In The Queen’s ...

The 172nd Akutagawa literary prize was awarded Wednesday to authors Jose Ando and Yui Suzuki, while Shin Iyohara took home the Naoki Prize. The Akutagawa Prize, given to up-and-coming writers for ...

According to the Bible, Hezekiah sought to centralize worship at the Temple in Jerusalem, abolishing the ritual sites scattered across the kingdom. The Bible describes how, during the First Temple ...

But from these hardships, a powerful literary movement has emerged. David Rennie, The Economist’s geopolitics editor, and Alice Su, our senior China correspondent, analyse “Winter Swimming ...

Writer Shan Xiaohua was mediating with her pen in hand in a room. Above her thin back, a banner saying "Literature lights the heart" was particularly eye-catching. Ma Jun, the youngest laureate of ...

His writing style, which features realism and the grotesque, has influenced modern literature and created a lane that is authentically his. Like many authors who have mastered specific themes ...