Literature is fragile. It serves no obvious purpose. But it is also as close to immortal as any cultural endeavor has ever been. By Gerald Howard The Irish writer was barred in 1895 after being ...

Literary stars and cultural luminaries turned out for the New York Public Library’s annual benefit. By Alex Vadukul and Lanna Apisukh Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Chris Hayes. Also: ...

Franklin Roosevelt announced last Christmastide that he would leave to the nation all his private papers since 1910 (numbering some 8,000,000 items) if admirers would build, with private funds, a ...

Some readers will recall that in previous columns I have mentioned my fondness for librarians. On Saturday mornings when I was a boy, the Des Moines Public Library bookmobile stopped at our church.