On Thursday at noon, the University of Houston-Victoria/American Book Review Reading Series welcomes prolific writer, artist and publisher Debra Di Blasi.

I stress ‘almost’, for this masterpiece by Solvej Balle is unquestionably one of the greatest works of 21st century literature so far. Even its strange genesis in no way competes against its ...

Nineteenth-century narratives that reduce complex, inspiring heroines to two-dimensional caricatures have a ripple effect in the 21st century, scholars say. "We continue to feed the fantasy of ...