“Rare food for a lunatic” ... “a thing that happens once in a million years” ... “Shakespeare, could he read it, would be glad that he was dead.” That’s a sampler of the praise that was heaped on ...

Mark Twain once described Germany in summertime as “the perfection of the beautiful,” and in his 1880 travel book “A Tramp Abroad,” the American author praises a section of the Neckar River between ...

Fall book preview: 34 new titles you’ll want to read in 2025 Literary calendar for week of Oct. 12 Readers and writers: Don’t miss these two novels, including a Minnesotan’s debut Hungarian writer ...

When I walk into a theater, I’m at home,” the actor said. “And when I walk out on the stage, it’s the most comfortable place for me to be.” ...