Cinderella may have been a fairy tale princess but it’s a myth that she lived happily ever after. That’s the contention of author Anne E. Beall, Ph.D. in her thoroughly-researched and ...

If half the folks who paid to see Demi Moore in “The Substance” take a chance on the bracing new seriocomedy “Anora,” they’ll be far better rewarded, this time by a sharp and finally moving story of ...

Troublesome bed, cunning trickster and wolf all meet their sweet match, writes children’s books columnist Caroline Luzzatto.

Director Emily Mkrtichian's "There Was, There Was Not" opens on a small pot of coffee, attended lovingly, and settled over stovetop heat. Tenderness marks the process, even as the coffee threatens to ...

Takira Michelle Taylor delivers an emotional and unpredictable story of growth, heartbreak, and the journey toward ...

Based on a manga published from March 2010 to December 2022, “Sugar Apple Fairy Tale” follows protagonist Anne Halford, a young woman who makes candy and vies to ...

The fairies in erotic "fae" romantasy are not cute or benevolent. They are dangerous, shape-shifting beings, exactly what ...

Over six novels in seven years, Nell Zink has honed a talent for prose that’s assertive, even breezy in the face of ostensibly sad subjects: toxic relationships and environmental destruction, racism ...

University of Reading provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty – these well-known stories and others, first published by the Brothers Grimm in Kinder- ...