In her Newberry Library course, Kay Daly examines the depiction of witches onstage, from the 17th century to the present.

J. Will Fritz earns the most laughs with his squishy Cuddy evolving into a mad dancer (choreography by Nancy Salmon) as his ...

J. Will Fritz earns the most laughs with his squishy Cuddy evolving into a mad dancer (choreography by Nancy Salmon) as his ...

When it comes to Greek and Roman fiction, however, most magicians are women. Witches in ancient literature use smells even ...

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Recent books that explore the erotic reawakening of older women also reflect the uneasiness that such women inspire—in others ...

Witch Emma Harlow hasn't been home to Thistle ... This classic work of Russian literature is a "fantastical, funny, and devastating satire of Soviet life," per the publisher of this 50th ...

Profs and Pints, an organization based in Washington, D.C. partners with colleges to put on academic lectures that are open ...

A new biography, “The Brothers Grimm” by Ann Schmiesing, explores the lives of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and how they created ...

The shapes that witches take on TV are similar to the ones they take in pop culture more broadly. There’s the traditional “ugly” witch embodied in children’s characters like H.R. Pufnstuf ...

But Americans have made the genre their own, and despite the universal, border-crossing fears of death, pain, and decay that ...