In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. By Abby McGanney Nolan How do you explain ...

By J. D. Biersdorfer Our critic on new books by Stephanie Wrobel, Lawrence Robbins and Hildur Knútsdóttir. By Sarah Lyall A graphic tribute to the British novelist who documented the blight ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The trial of a second man facing charges in the murder of 24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann is set to begin this week. The woman was shot and killed on Olney Street on ...

The deaths of Abraham Lincoln, JFK and Natasha Richardson were some of the most shocking deaths by brain injury in history, but this new book by brain surgeon Theodore H. Schwartz delves into ...

PROVIDENCE – An Oct. 18 talk by award-winning writer Jacqueline Woodson will kick off this year's Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books and Authors on Oct. 19 at the Lincoln School ...

PROVIDENCE – For the past two years, visitors to Providence's train station have been greeted by an unexpected sight: a thriving meadow bursting with native plants and wildflowers, surrounded by ...

With so many books in the world, reading can be an endlessly expensive hobby. But thanks to the internet and the magic of libraries, there are a ton of ways to read your favorite books for free ...

The father of a 7-year-old girl shot and killed in Providence last month is now facing child endangerment charges after prosecutors say he instigated the altercation that led to the fatal shooting.

Self’s new novel, about a woman struggling against her confined role in the 1950s, is based on his late mother’s journals. “From Here to the Great Unknown,” completed by Riley Keough ...

PROVIDENCE — Nelson J. Pires had brought his 7-year-old daughter, Ny’Eil, and her 5-year-old brother, Iverson, to the 7-Eleven in the city’s Olneyville neighborhood for a treat early one ...

In a new memoir, Al Pacino promises to reveal the person behind the actor. But is he holding something back? In his new novel, the present isn’t much better than the past—and it’s a lot less ...