Fifteen years after publishing the classic memoir “Just Kids,” Patti Smith has a lot more to say about her life.

The scholar and literary critic examines a relationship dynamic that has inspired some of the most significant, and ...

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

Patti Smith has announced a fourth memoir, Bread of Angels, to be published on November 4. The publication date is described ...

Smith's new memoir is her 'most intimate and visionary work' yet Patti Smith has another memoir in the works! Fifteen years ...

Peter Godwin, who has seen death up close a few times over the course of his life, examines grief and belonging in a new ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.