Like the most disquieting fairy tales, Cowards vacillates between light and dark; harmony and dissonance; peace and violence. It’s the way in which they both balance and wield this tension that lies ...

If, as the federal government implodes, you need help remembering why Bay Area theater is important, Jon Tracy is a great person to talk to. The Marin Shakespeare Company artistic director, in ...

John Bauer was a Swedish artist, though born in Germany in 1882. When he was thirteen years old, his father’s charcuterie ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Review: Tarini Bandopadhyay (Paresh Rawal) is a gifted storyteller who has never written down his tales, fearing criticism and rejection. The eccentric socialist from Kolkata has held 75 jobs ...

The Girl with the Needle, directed by Magnus von Horn, takes shape in the underbelly of World War One-era Copenhagen, where hope persists alongside agony. Magnus von Horn’s The Girl with the ...

Book critic Joan Baum has this review. September 19, 2024 • In the latest installment of author Claudia Riess' art-history murder-mystery series, Dying for Monet a coveted Monet still life goes ...

Furious Romantasy novel lovers took to social media to blast UK book sellers after they failed to deliver a copy of the highly anticipated Onyx Storm novel on its release day. Fans of the 'fairy ...

The book became the ACOTAR series, selling 40 million copies and a staple of book fans on TikTok. The so-called "fairy porn" or fantasy "smut" features explicit sex scenes along with battles, love ...