When Robert Weil, the editor-in-chief and publishing director of Liveright, approached Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar with the idea of putting together “The Annotated African American Folktales ...

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All over the world, community stories, customs and beliefs have been passed down from generation to generation. This folkore is used by elders to teach family and friends about their collective ...

One of the best quotes I’ve read in a while came from writer and scientist Charles Pellegrino in “Ghosts of Vesuvius,” his book about the last days of Pompeii, which I purchased after seeing the ...

Ghost tours are not about frightening people...They are about helping people understand how stories, buildings, and ...

Why do stories of ghosts, witches and shapes in the night continue to haunt our imaginations? What is it about those ancient landscapes, ruined churches, mist-shrouded moors and lonely country lanes ...

It's the time of year when Halloween decorations are out in full force, and, of course, that includes jack-o'-lanterns. We wanted to know more about the origins of this holiday tradition, so we carved ...