Born Francois-Marie Arouet in 1694, this celebrated playwright, poet, essayist, and philosopher reinvented himself as simply ...

Part Candide, part Buster Keaton, he is loosed in a land where every pratfall is followed by a commercial. Author Crittenden’s best effects are gained through a sort of contrapuntal dialogue.

Daniel A. Paquette, 81, of Cuba City, WI passed away on Monday, January 27, 2025 at home surrounded by his family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, February 3rd at ...

What are three popular tropes that romance novels use? Jennifer Harlan, a New York Times books editor, recommends three romance novels that show off those tropes at their best. An author of books ...

À Saint-Benoit, le 25 janvier 2025, à l'âge de 85 ans est décédée Mme Françoise Paquette, épouse de feu Doris Ladouceur. Elle laisse dans le deuil ses enfants : Chantal (André Bédard ...

Moxley and his wife, AEW backstage interviewer Renee Paquette (known as Renee Young in WWE), are among the best-known, most high-profile power couples in professional wrestling. Need a break?

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week tilt heavily toward European culture and history, with a new history of the Vikings, a group ...

A new year means new books to look forward to, and 2025 already promises a bounty — from the first volume of Bill Gates’s memoirs to a new novel by the reigning Nobel laureate, Han Kang ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A thriller, a dystopia, a Gothic novel about a family curse: Genre lovers have options in this week’s recommended books ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own. By Mac Barnett For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexico in ...