Summer can be the perfect time to dive into a good book.

In the middle of the 20th century, Southwestern Ohio was to bluegrass what Nashville is to country music.

Joan Nathan has spent her life exploring in the kitchen, but for the Passover Seder, she sticks with a menu that follows her own family's traditions.

Novelist Amy Tan's The Backyard Bird Chronicles centers on an array of birds that visit her yard, as Trish O'Kane's Birding to Change the World recalls lessons from birds that galvanized her teaching.

One — Aaliyah Bilal — is from Cincinnati. A number of past Whiting winners have gone on to publish award-winning and bestselling works, including Hernan Diaz, Catherine Lacey, Colson Whitehead, Alice McDermott and Ocean Vuong.

Hanif Abdurraqib's latest book is about about how growing up in Columbus, Ohio, watching LeBron James' spectacular ascent, and understanding the passage of time all led to a meditation on mortality and success.

The domestic cats who share homes with so many of us are descended from shy, solitary North African wild cats. And they've had to learn over time to communicate with humans.

Some of the worst and most highly publicized crimes in U.S. history have helped shape our country’s legal system.

Northern Kentucky University Professor Bob Wallace says art depicting the novel and its elusive white whale is integral to interpreting its themes of multiculturalism, post-colonialism, ecology, civil rights, and more.

Inspiration for Crystal Wilkinson's new book comes from her time growing up with her grandparents in rural Indian Creek, Kentucky.