Connie Francis, 87. The wholesome pop star’s 1950s and ’60s hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the ...

On a humid June afternoon, I arrived at Florida International University expecting to give what I thought would be a standard ...

While in production on her second feature, “ The World to Come ,” Fastvold had stumbled upon a vast archive of Shaker worship ...

The Boston poet has long been recognized as the first person of African descent in North America to publish a book.

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.