In his 14th novel, “Quichotte,” the author uses his trademark magical realism to try to capture his sense of a surreal moment.

Our enduring obsession with biographies of the Bard makes for uncomfortable reading

Oklahoma incarcerates far more women per capita than any other state. Voters there recently passed two measures aimed at reducing the number by making certain low-level crimes punishable by treatment...

When skilfully wielded and pointed at the right target, satire is a powerful weapon

Best known for her work on “wavelets,” she wants to reduce the obstacles to women entering the sciences.

The infamous “pudding-faced” Droeshout portrait is widely agreed to be hideous and embarrassing. Is there more to it than meets the eye?

Nike’s controversial new ad campaign is a strategic bet on its future customer.

The top terms for men? "Mathematician," "motivated," "Nobel" and "Wharton."

For decades, a white woman’s memoir shaped our understanding of America’s first Black poet. Does a new book change the story?

Was Shakespeare a woman? An aristocrat? A government spy? Join Mark Rylance and Elizabeth Winkler for a heretical investigation into the Shakespeare authorship controversy.

Interest in Joe Sacco’s graphic novel is the highest it has been in 20 years

Shakespeare scholar Elizabeth Winkler combs through the Bard's most enigmatic sonnets in an attempt to uncover a life shrouded in secrecy.

Jonna Mendez served 27 years undercover, crafting wigs, prosthetic noses, false teeth and masks that could be peeled off like Tom Cruise’s in ‘Mission: Impossible’

Who, really, was Shakespeare? Why do so many theories circulate about his identity? What happens when we challenge the widely-accepted image of the Bard?

Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from Julia Wertz, Martin Cruz Smith, and Amy Key.

View Christopher Lee Carduff's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

The outspoken NBA center has been labeled a “terrorist” by his native country’s government for his association with an exiled cleric.

Join us for an in-person event with journalist Elizabeth Winkler for a discussion of her new book Shakespeare Was A Woman and Other Heresies

The founder of psychoanalysis amassed thousands of ancient artifacts, which he hoarded in his study. How did they influence his work?

The Shakespeare authorship question—the theory that William Shakespeare might not have written the works published under his name—is the most horrible, vexed, unspeakable subject in the history of …

Letter: Derek Jacobi and Margo Anderson on how local lore and biographical specificity found in the comedy point to the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, as its writer

The #MeToo movement has swept through corporate America, but so far investors have viewed the turmoil as little more than a buying opportunity. This is a mistake.

Discouraged by gender and class expectations from publishing her music during her lifetime, a 19th-century composer is finally emerging from the shadow of her famous brother.

Blackport-on-Dwindle - 'all granite, fog and female fiction' - has been the Gedges' dull hometown for some years. They leap, therefore, at the invitation to become the live-in guardians of the...

She is ‘Sodewa Bai’ in India and ‘Snaefridr’ in Nordic regions. One trait never changes: unsurpassed beauty.

Decades ago, archeologists discovered the work of Enheduanna, an ancient priestess who seemed to alter the story of literature. Why hasn’t her claim been affirmed?

Paul Theroux’s new novel, “Burma Sahib,” explores the writer’s formative experiences in colonial Myanmar.

Abstract Francis Meres’ 1598 Palladis Tamia, subtitled in English ‘Wit's Treasury’, is a quintessential document in Shakespeare studies. With ten Shakespeare plays already in print anonymously,...