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.

Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy hits all the right notes, “not just accurately but with wonderful expression,” at Westport ...

Three years ago, as he shuffled through the doors of Westminster Hall, his Peaky Blinders outfit weighing heavy and the ...

She received best supporting nods for “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” “Wild at Heart” and “Rambling Rose” — the latter two ...

Her signature look started with miniskirts, ballet flats, and a woven basket used as an accessory. Flared jeans, white tees and crochet dresses were also linked to her style. Later in life, her ...

As Gerri Kimber writes in her fascinating new biography, Mansfield possessed ‘a supreme gift for storytelling that has never been equalled’. Her short stories, Kimber notes (she never wrote a novel), ...

Paul Gauguin painted his greatest masterpiece, titled “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?,” before attempting suicide.

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.

: [POST-BROADCAST CLARIFICATION Oct. 22, 2025: Although widely attributed to Oscar Wilde, the quote that kicks off this story — “be yourself; everyone else is already taken” — may not, in fact, have ...

The British Library has reinstated the suspended library card of revered Irish author Oscar Wilde, who died in 1900. Wilde’s access to the British Museum Reading Room was revoked in 1895 after the gay ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he ...