Don Gaetz recalled racing out of a meeting with the then-House speaker to witness Thompson bringing to life the story of pioneering Black female aviator Bessie Coleman. “I didn’t know the story.

Kansas State's Coleman Hawkins, though, is showing a different side of that system when athletes don't meet expectations despite those millions. The Wildcats fell to the Baylor Bears, 70-56 ...

In her children’s stories, Clarice Lispector disguised philosophical questions in cheerful, kooky fables about exuberant animals with places to be. By Joumana Khatib In Linda Joan Smith’s ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In a state so often bitterly divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in Florida’s capitol on Thursday to ...

By Dwight Garner How the Movies Made Joan Didion a Great American Writer A new book by Alissa Wilkinson argues that the iconic writer’s imagination and signature style were profoundly shaped by ...

In its Arts of the Americas gallery, the Chicago museum has been acquiring more works by women artists, making surprising discoveries and shining a light on some more-obscure items already in its ...

Celebrity bookworms are here to stay. Ever since Oprah Winfrey started her iconic book club in the ’90s, celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua Lipa and Jenna Bush Hager have ...