While I was enduring a bout with COVID back in February, I found an old copy of The Great Gatsby on the bookshelf of my basement quarantine refuge and read it again for the first time in many years.

We continue our series In Character, where we ask listeners to submit personal essays on their favorite fictional characters. Today, it's Jack Bauer from the TV series 24. We've also asked you to ...

We tend to think that fiction authors just dream up characters out of nowhere. But writers often get their ideas from everyday life, and, being great observers, they often turn people they know or ...

Fans aren’t the only ones celebrating 20 years of Harry Potter. In a heartfelt post, Emma Watson shared a beautiful message honoring the franchise, character, and co-stars. Watson has been in several ...

In lonely people, the boundary between real friends and favorite fictional characters gets blurred in the part of the brain that is active when thinking about others, a new study found. In lonely ...

Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide Although I have been a long-time fan of the Irish writer William Trevor, it was only in 2016 – amid the ...

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