With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror authors of the ...

Given depressing nature of most "Oprah Book Club" selections, it's a wonder Prozac isn't the talkshow's biggest sponsor. Still, it's hard to quibble with her taste. "The Book of Ruth" comes to CBS, ...

Even if you haven’t heard her name, you’ve likely seen some of Ruth E. Carter’s iconic costuming work. She’s won four Oscar Awards for Best Costume Design, most recently this year for “Black Panther: ...

The book of Ruth begins with the line, “In the days when the judges judged’ (וַיְהִ֗י בִּימֵי֙ שְׁפֹ֣ט הַשֹּׁפְטִ֔ים, Ruth 1:1). The Book of Ruth, traditionally read as part of the service on Shavuot, ...

Find out more about each book's plot and the order in which they were released.

Ruth Wilson is lending her voice to an exciting project that will also feel familiar to some readers. The acclaimed actress will narrate the new audiobook editions of Philip Pullman’s beloved His Dark ...

Thanks for all the excellent e-mails about the Song of Songs. Several of you argued that the maiden’s “navel” is not her navel, if you get my (southward) drift. My brief research didn’t settle the ...

“The thought of leaving my friends was decidedly the most painful thought with which I had to contend. The love of them was my tender point, and shook my decision more than all things else.” So wrote ...

“Shh….Listen!” Benny Oh says at the beginning of Ruth Ozeki’s new novel. “That’s my Book, and it’s talking to you.” His Book is not the only one ...

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Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Feb. 11, 2022. Find that audio here. Poet Ruth Forman remembers her daughter coming home from preschool one day and saying something shocking. The young ...

Ruth Wilson has confirmed an exciting return to the world of His Dark Materials. The Luther and The Woman in the Wall actor previously starred in all three seasons of the His Dark Materials TV show as ...