In the early aughts, thanks to my then position as editor at large of this publication, I found myself in the middle of the last great feud in Gore Vidal’s long, august line of literary battles.

Gore Vidal's The Best Man (2012 Tony Award nominee, Best Play Revival) is now on Broadway in an all-star theatrical event with two time Tony Award winner James Earl Jones, Tony and Emmy Award winner ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include: -- Cherokee Chief John Ross in 1790 -- Writer Gore Vidal in 1925 -- Hockey Hall of Fame member Glenn Hall in 1931 (age ...

The celebrated author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” may have a cult following on campus and a reputation for formidable literary high jinks. But his novels are also just plain fun. Credit...Author photo by ...

Fifty years ago today, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer brought viewers like you a novel way to watch news: a half-hour evening ...

CS Lewis, Oxford don and author of The Chronicles of Narnia (left) and his one-time student (and future poet laureate) John Betjeman No one wields a well-turned insult like a professional writer. As ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “Should I start looking for work in Canada?” a friend in the Midwest, who is not ...

With NJ PBS slated to go off the air next year because of budget cuts, some members of its board of trustees and chair resigned Monday. NJ PBS said WNET, channel 13 in New York, which is licensed by ...

PBS Kids is expanding “Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures,” which debuted in 2023 as a series of shorts, into a full half-hour series set to debut in 2026. A spinoff of “Super Why,” which ran on PBS ...

National Public Radio is ramping up its fundraising efforts during its first day without federal funding and an uncertain future ahead with a GOP-controlled Congress. “Today marks the first day in ...

Cuts to NPR, PBS and other public media outlets have been in the news all year long, but now the federal funds have actually run out. With Tuesday marking the end of the federal government’s fiscal ...

The revival will live as a digital series through Sony's Kidzuko platform, with creator Mychal Threets serving as host. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor During what has been an otherwise difficult year ...