From metropolitan Austin to the North Carolina mountains, Carrie R. Moore’s collection approaches Southern identity from a ...

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress captures stories of American life and military service. Learn ...

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780−1867), 'Comtesse d'Haussonville' (circa 1845) oil on canvas, 51 7/8 × 36 1/4 in. (131.8 × 92.1 cm) Literature and visual art have always been in dialogue, with ...

Read a few intriguing stories from the past, including a cigar-smoking toddler, a runaway Lizzie, a watermelon train wreck and miraculous survival tales from the 1920s to 1940s. As I do research for ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...