If social media and the advertising industry are to be believed, new motherhood is a site of self-actualization—one brimming with nourishing moments; sunnily swaying the baby in a neutral-colored ...

Even the most celebrated voices can fall silent. For the acclaimed author of “Purple Hibiscus,” “Americanah” and “Half of a Yellow Sun,” that silence stretched into years – a period marked by ...

American poet and short story writer Sylvia Plath was considered a genius even during her lifetime, drawing literary attention from a young age. But her death on this day in 1963 has long overshadowed ...