Kern interprets bamboo manuscripts dating back to the Warring States Period during a forum on ancient textual culture in ...

Santiago Barrio, a Spanish photographer, was sitting cross-legged on a tatami for a pot of tea when he started a conversation about his life over the last decade in China. In late September, Barrio ...

By A.O. Scott John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

Katharine Spurrier dives into the stunning selection of photographs by Carlos Muñoz-Yagüe in this new book which takes us behind the scenes of iconic designer, Yves Saint Laurent. National Trust ...

These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor. A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones ...

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

On October tenth, Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te delivered his first speech marking the National Day of the Republic of China (ROC), as Taiwan is formally known. The “Double Ten” speech ...

Charles Baxter’s novel charges along so boisterously that it’s easy to forget the author is batting around some of the weightiest concerns of human experience. John le Carré’s son Nick ...

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Thursday that his government would resist any attempt at forced annexation, in a closely watched National Day address that brought an immediate — and ...

to attribute the philosophical text Tao Te Ching to Lao Tzu. He stresses the need to separate the thoughts of the great thinkers from the writing of the earliest books in which those thoughts appear.

By J. D. Biersdorfer Where’s Johnny? The Biography of a TV Host Whose Life Was a Closed Book. Johnny Carson dominated late-night television for decades, but closely guarded his privacy.