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 ...

Agyemang is the author and illustrator of Fibbed. She writes about magic, history, folklore, love, and fairy tales, and draws from elements of her Ghanaian heritage and faith Legacy and the driving ...

Historic and haunted tours and walks are popular throughout the Buffalo area as anyone interested in history, folklore, mysteries and the paranormal can join an expert on tours through historic areas ...

He had asked his love to be his bride, and she had kissed him and said that she would be honoured. This rare love knew no ...

An ancient Chinese story tells of two court astronomers, Hsi and Ho, who got drunk and failed to predict an eclipse of the sun. This grave oversight led to them being executed, ...

Japan’s Omiwatari, the sacred "Crossing of the Gods" faces extinction due to climate change. Omiwatari, or "Crossing of the Gods," is a sacred phenomenon on Lake Suwa, Japan, where ice forms ...

Elizabeth E. Wein's fourth novel for young adults, "The Lion Hunter: The Mark of Solomon, Book 1," was short-listed recently for the 2008 Andre Norton Award for young adult science fiction and fantasy ...

In her debut book Thistlefoot, author GennaRose Nethercott reimagines the centuries-old character Baba Yaga as a Jewish woman living in a shtetl in 1919 Russia, in a time of civil war and pogroms. We ...

A dense green forest surrounds the thin corridors of dark brown earth that make up the Appalachian Trail system. The trees rise like cathedrals, their branches interlaced in a vaulted canopy that ...

LARA: TODAY MARKS THE START OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. BLACK MUSICIANS IN KANSAS CITY ARE JOINING TOGETHER TO SHARE THEIR MUSIC AND TELL THEIR STORIES KMBC 9’S JACKSON KURTZ IS LIVE FROM THE WESTIN AT ...

This country store Santa holds an American flag even though the North Pole is his traditonal home. It sold for $441 at auction. Merry Christmas! There’s a version of Santa Claus for everyone who ...