Mental illness exists on a wide continuum, from bare hints of eccentricity to florid psychosis. It can be a difficult topic ...

The Good Soldier Svejk, from the novels by Jaroslav Hasek. Svejk is a hapless, bumbling idiot-savant in the service of the ...

Win the Nobel and your books gain a fearsome reputation. Yet some laureates wrote murder mysteries, comedies and slim memoirs you can finish in a single afternoon, no homework required.

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The British novelist said at a recent launch of his essay 'Farewells' at Barcelona's Caixafòrum that this would be his final novel, after turning 80 and spending over 45 years devoted to literature. V ...

Mai Vang, a progressive member of the Sacramento City Council, will challenge Ms. Matsui, the 81-year-old incumbent, in the general election. By Laurel Rosenhall Representative Doris Matsui, 81, and ...

Today for KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine, we celebrate Pride month by talking about some of the films I recommend that are showing at the the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, hosted by ...

Hollywood legend Doris Day, whose films made her one of the biggest stars of all time, has died aged 97, surrounded by close friends, after contracting pneumonia. Doris Day, whose wholesome screen ...