One of the most pervasive themes in American literature is “the search for identity.” Our earliest authors celebrated literary characters who separated from family, ancestry, and the past to ...

The greatest pieces of literature would be nothing without their characters. This could be regarded as an obvious statement, of course stories cannot be made without the people — and sometimes ...

Real Housewives of Potomac’s Gizelle Bryant wrote a novel, My Word, which received the African American Literary Award for Best Fiction. In honor of the award, here’s a close reading of the ...

More malapropism-happy characters Mrs. Malaprop paved the way for plenty of other fictional characters to use funny malapropisms. Here are some more malapropism examples in literature and pop culture: ...