Emmanual Jal is a self-made man and a self-made artist. He emerged from a horrific childhood amid civil war in Sudan. He was trained to fight as a child soldier, barely survived escape and a trek to ...

Jerry Villere leads the newest book library book club, which meets at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, ...

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of We Do Not Part by Han Kang and Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson. 2024 Nobel Prize ...

Worse, this year we’re having our own political beauty pageant in Australia, starring Peter Dutton, as Trump’s way less ...

Malky acknowledged the influence of other Scottish cartoonists - including Bud Neil and Ewan Bain - but it seems he too ...

And ultimately, A Ghost Is Born is more dynamic and ambitious than a biblical flood metaphor rock album probably could have ...

McNeil has been tantalized by the lives of bees ever since she tended her first hives on her San Anselmo organic farm 40 ...

Four of the 10 writers held an open seminar in which about three dozen were kids that they "hope to influence the most", ...

On top of all that, it’s another great week for new albums. I highlight seven below, and Bill tackles more in Indie Basement, ...

The Nobel laureate’s new novel “We Do Not Part” grapples with an atrocity and the difficulties of bearing witness.

THE GRANDE ILLUSION on Limited Edition Blu-ray on 14th April 2025. In the 1980s special make-up effects artists became stars, pushing the boundaries of what [...] ...