In a modern reimagining of Wilde’s classic tale, schoolchildren find refuge in a beautiful garden, but when a snarling, ginger-haired giant arrives, he angrily chases the children away and builds a ...

Literature doesn’t emerge from a vacuum, and some of the most lauded literary works in history have rich and complex origin stories. The weekend that inspired Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein (and ...

It is no coincidence that Larry Millett lives in what he believes is the oldest rowhouse in Minnesota. The St. Paul novelist ...

The best memoirs and biographies blend fascinating anecdotes with deeper meditations that make us reflect on our own lives.

Striking, sexy and sepia-toned, the photographs of sun-kissed male physiques and their Romanesque laurel-crowned cosplay featured in the new book Oscar Wilde’s Italian Dream 1875–1900 (Damiani) might ...

Constance Wilde knows how she appears to the public after her husband Oscar’s 1895 conviction for so-called acts of gross indecency. “The poor little waif, the blinkered wifey,” Constance says ...

VICTORIAN DOCTOR (336 pp.)—T. 6. Wilson—Fischer ($3.50). One day in Dublin in 1864, the world caved in on a Victorian doctor. A leading light in the Irish medical profession, he had been accused ...

Over time, the accumulation of myths, half-truths, gossip, and in much more serious instances, egregious misrepresentations and downright lies, have continued to distort the facts about Oscar Wilde ...

A new production in London, starring Ncuti Gatwa, releases Oscar Wilde’s 1895 comedy from period convention and brings it stunningly into the 21st century. By Matt Wolf The Australian Ballet’s ...

A new expansive biography reveals Craig Rodwell as being a pivotal person at the epicenter of 1960s & '70s gay activism, along with being the proprietor of the historic Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop.

The “Succession” actress plays all 26 roles in this Oscar Wilde classic reimagined as a video spectacle. If only there were less screen time and more IRL contact. By Jesse Green With Valentine’s Day ...