Newton-John, a longtime resident of Australia whose sales topped 100 million records, also won countless hearts as everyone's favorite Sandy…
Hillel Italie, Associated Press
David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John…
On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced that 46-year-old Ada Limón had been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate.
His wife Wanda confirmed to The Canadian Press that Hawkins died Sunday morning after an illness. He was 87.
Author Margaret Atwood and Penguin Random House announced that a one-off, unburnable edition of "The Handmaid's Tale" would be auctioned…
Accounts of book bannings and attempted book bannings, along with threats against librarians, have soared over the past year.
The PEN literary award is given to "an important writer whose work has drawn a wide audience and who helps…
The poet, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez is this year's winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor…
The wave of book bannings around the country has reached a level not seen for decades. So has the level…
Elliot Page is working on a memoir, in which he will write about everything from his Oscar-nominated film career to…
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