May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a yearly celebration that recognizes the contributions and achievements of Jews in the United States. With the Jewish community facing a heightened amount of ...

Celebrated Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o is dead.He died at the age of 87.The author's daughter Wanjiku wa Ngugi said in a statement on Facebook on Wednesday that her father "lived a full life, ...

Ngũgĩ was not just a writer. To those of us who came of age through his books, he was a mirror, a mentor, a moral force.

CORRECTS TO PRIMROSE, NOT PRIMEROSE - A 1911 edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a shape-note hymnal from the 1800s, opened to song ...

In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author ...

Some pleasures He will require you to forsake permanently for His sake. Others He will require you to forsake for a season or some days.

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In the initial "Hunger Games" films, Lynn Cohen played the role of Mags — an elderly tribute who volunteered during the 75th ...

Israeli mortars are pounding the suburbs of Khan Yunis, once a city of about 200,000 in southern Gaza. We are on the Israeli ...

Mckenna Grace has volunteered for The Hunger Games. The actress has joined the cast of prequel film “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” as Maysilee Donner, Haymitch Abernathy’s fellow District ...

Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996. What hasn’t is our commitment to this vibrant community of readers and writers, with the annual ...

Hamas also said it would return the remains of four deceased hostages with American citizenship: Omer Neutra, Itay Chen, Gadi Haggai ... while reading from the Book of Esther for Purim.