Desperate for change, Taylor moved to Lafayette and applied for numerous jobs. She turned to Maison de Lafayette--a nursing and rehabilitation center--hoping for a second chance. "I did over 20 ...

I tend not to review books in translation, but I did make an exception some years ago for a vigorous new English edition of Tolstoi’s War and Peace since it was touted as “more faithful” to ...

His prose is direct yet full of unique figurative language. This memoir-ish collection of essays was a selection for the Louisiana Book Festival this year, and Dubus spoke at the festival as well.

By Joumana Khatib “I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls “Frankie” his “first happy romance.” ...

ANDY SMITH: Cane River Pecan Company Pie Bar, New Iberia, 5 p.m. ABSINTHE MINDED: Whiskey & Vine, Lafayette, 6 p.m. JACK WOODSON: Charley G's Seafood Grill, Lafayette ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

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The 2024-25 NBA season is past the quarter pole and inching up on Christmas, which is when it feels like things really begin. But that doesn't mean what's transpired so far is of any less importance.

As the first half of the 2020s comes to a close, one global literary trend shows no signs of abating: a hunger for the stories of Japanese writers. The past five years saw authors from Japan win ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

“I feel fortunate I was able to play in this time,” Fleury said. “He probably owes me a few things for scoring so many goals on me. I helped it out pretty good. I’m glad I got to face him ...

Marc Robinson, editor. Collected edition of Adrienne Kennedy's wide-ranging writings, spanning six decades and including ten unpublished works: the early surrealistic one-acts A Lesson in Dead ...