Difficult? Demanding? Probably. But Hollywood legend Joan Crawford was no 'Mommie Dearest,' says author Scott Eyman. 'She was ...

The composer had grand hopes that “The Maid of Orleans,” with its battle scenes, rousing choruses and fiery finale, would be the making of him. It didn’t work out that way.

Fifth grade was when I first learned the difference between parallel and perpendicular lines. I still remember the worksheet ...

In Dead and Alive, her prose, which once animated fictional worlds in White Teeth and Swing Time, now turns its sharp observational lens toward real life — our politics, our technologies and our ...

The explosion of novels about intense female friendships, in the Elena Ferrante mold, is changing the genre—and making it ...

Joan Millicent Cook (nee Ashcroft), a devoted homemaker who dedicated her life to her family, died Thursday at her home. She was 98. Born in Brooklyn, on Dec. 24, 1926, Mrs. Cook was the second ...

Joan was born in Woonsocket, R.I., on Nov. 11, 1929; daughter to the late Charles D. and Minnie D. Mowry, né Roberts, and younger sister to the late Shirley Reichenberg. Joan grew up in Woonsocket and ...