By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Kelsey McKinney bookends her new collection of essays on gossip with a word from Emily Dickinson: “Tell all the truth but ...

Alix Earle and Braxton Berrios exclusively told E! News whether an engagement is in their future as they attended the GQ Bowl in New Orleans Feb. 7, one month after the TikToker teased wedding bells.

As Saquon Barkley's Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, don't pass on this chance to find out why the father of two is MVP of Anna Congdon's heart.

In her debut novel 'Paradise Close,' out in paperback next month from Persea, the poet tells two intergenerational stories, ...

Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...

In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

Recent weeks have highlighted the passing of time with three successive occurences that either merited my attention or ...

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Being able to casually mention you are related to a royal is a dinner party conversation showstopper that most people would love to have.

When our brilliant, inquisitive colleague Kelsey McKinney last participated in the Defector staff author interview series, ...