Editor’s note: Poynter announced that the newly renamed 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will feature a category honoring longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark and recognizing compelling short writing ...

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 ...

Here’s everything to know about how to read the Housemaid series in order. McFadden published her three Housemaid novels ...

Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the creator of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman, is back on Netflix with a new series, Long Story Short. The story follows a Jewish family across five generations, from childhood to ...

In The Lost Lands is out now in theaters, introducing viewers to the witch Gray Alys, a conjurer created by none other than A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin himself. Directed by Paul W ...

Are you trying to get back into reading? Looking for something easy to dip into during your lunch breaks, or in between dips in the pool while on vacation? What could be better than a book where each ...

From George Lucas’ “Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB” and Wes Anderson’s “Bottle Rocket,” to Ava DuVernay’s “Saturday Night Life” and Christopher Nolan’s “Doodlebug,” some of our most successful, ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

Many readers know Neil Gaiman for his novels (American Gods, Stardust, Coraline) and comics (The Sandman), which are, admittedly, all brilliant and well worth your time. (Go read them, is that what ...