Yann Martel’s ambitious new novel is composed largely of verse fragments from a fictional lost-and-found alternative to the Iliad of Homer - but you might be better off reading the real thing.

Python’s Kiss” collects a baker’s dozen stories, nine of which have previously been published in The New Yorker and elsewhere ...

“Python’s Kiss” collects a baker’s dozen stories, nine of which previously have been published in the New Yorker and elsewhere (each is illustrated with a drawing by the author’s daughter, Aza Erdrich ...

Beloved comedian, writer and actor Eric Idle is celebrating his 83rd birthday today. Idle turned 83 on March 29, marking ...

Everybody gets frustrated when web apps are broken, but testing them thoroughly doesn't need to be a chore. Playwright, a new open-source browser automation tool from Microsoft, makes testing web apps ...

Take a look at this Instagram post of a Burmese python swallowing a white-tailed deer and learn about the science behind the clip.

The movie is an adaptation of the novel by acclaimed British writer Graham Swift and tells the story of a maid named Jane Fairchild living in post-World War I England ...

The middles of novels are very hard to write, but the middle of stories are where everything changes,’ says the author.

The “Round House” and “Python’s Kiss” author discusses a few books that examine the psychological terrain of growing up ...

For a new playwright, staging an Off-Broadway show is nearly impossible. Even getting anyone to read your work can be a huge challenge. But not for Annie Baker, who staged nine plays before she turned ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The lawsuit objected to a “BIPOC night” program at Playwrights Horizons, an Off Broadway nonprofit. By Michael Paulson A prominent nonprofit theater ...

Play On Shakespeare has expanded its programming by launching new partnerships - including with the award-winning Ojai Playwrights Conference - to commission contemporary playwrights as part of a ...