Philly’s real heavyweight champion, an inspiration for Sylvester Stallone’s fictional boxer, will move to a spot near the foot of the Art Museum steps, after Rocky moves to the top.

From the column: "Whatever your political beliefs are, it’s far more brutal to attack your opponents with an idea." ...

Frustrated, Bienvenu and De Givry invested all of their capital in the creation of a rough animated storyboard to serve as ...

Denis Johnson wrote about some of the most unlikable characters in American fiction, and yet he always managed to make readers care what happened to them. This talent may have had something to do with ...

Condoms aren’t woven in just to check some clinical box, either. In a romance novel, a sex scene is never just a sex scene. It’s a chance to reveal something about who the characters really are. The ...

If anyone could write good fiction about immigration, it would probably be Lionel Shriver. Instead, her latest book goes off ...

What happens when historical fiction becomes a more accurate portrayal than the version of history given by mainstream historians?

Dialogue isn’t a mirror. It’s more like an abstract painting. It doesn’t replicate how people talk but instead reveals how ...

Sci-fi and horror make perfect partners, as some of the best movies ever tap into the strengths of both genres.

Ben Crump, renowned civil rights attorney, releases his debut fiction novel 'Worse than a Lie,' a legal thriller exploring ...

Our view of love and relationships is shaped by so many things, including pop culture. Here, Cosmo's six Black editors talk about the fictional Black couples in TV and movies that positively impacted ...

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announces its 2026 Best Fiction for Young Adult (BFYA) book list. The list of 61 titles ...