This week, explore a medieval manuscript, spy an underwater volcano ready to erupt off the US West Coast, encounter T. rex’s ancestor, and more.

When it did, I never knew it was providence’s own way of anticipating Nigerian Aso Rock’s nauseating historical revisionism.

A couple of months ago, history walked on its two legs into my feeble embrace. When it did, I never knew it was Providence’s ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another ...

Ultimately, The Book of Records is a sobering meditation on the human condition in times of crises. It critiques historical ...

The Washington Post’s longtime book critic Michael Dirda took a break from reading, then delved into some favorites and new ...

The earliest EXAUDI commission is Shadow and Echo and Jade, a 14-minute setting of 3rd century Chinese poetry. Notes and ...

Four local romance/paranormal writers — Dawn Chartier, Alys Arden, Gillian Zane and D.M. Bourgeois — will discuss their new ...

For this author, the Dr. John persona was a delicately crafted bit of musical and theatrical ventriloquism — an imaginary ...

Facilities claims that these books can be replaced with e-books, but many are too old to have electronic editions ... Montgomery: “When a person dies and is buried, it seems a certain voodoo priest ...

My grumpy old buddy Eb Griper and I were chewing the fat in the post office parking lot when a big yellow school bus drove by. “Sure glad I’m not on that thing,” I said over the rumble. “You’re not ...

A new month means a fresh stack of books to look forward to ... In the present, Louisa, an 18-year-old aspiring artist, becomes captivated by a renowned painting titled The One of the Sea, which ...