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Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author of top magical realism book "The Water Dancer," attends a panel at The Apollo Theater on February 27, 2018 in New York City. Magical realism is a genre that has been ...

If you’re drawn to worlds where magic isn’t just a tool but a force that shapes destinies, these seven books offer stories worth exploring. Each one features characters who navigate treacherous paths, ...

The holiday season presents the perfect opportunity to catch up on your art reading. So if our first holiday reading list did not whet your appetite for the written word, try these 12 more book ...

Some libraries draw you in with their architecture, others with the history they hold. A few carry an atmosphere that’s harder to define, the kind that lingers the moment you step inside. It might be ...

Sometimes after a draining week or a low-key weekend with no plans, the idea of escaping to another time and place entirely sounds exciting. And there's no easier, cozier way to escape than through ...

We all know reading to our kids is important – early readers enjoy better test scores in school and are less likely to experience poverty as adults. But, as much as we’d like to sit down and read with ...