If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don’t just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus Gellius, who lived in the 2nd century CE, gives us a ...
Ancient Romans once valued literature and public reading, yet over time, access to books declined dramatically. This video ...
Igiaba Scego, an author born in Rome to Somali parents, recommends books that draw readers through the rich layers that make up her hometown. By Igiaba Scego Read Your Way Around the World is a series ...
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. There’s an often-stated, invented fact that men think about sex ...
Chapel Hille The University of North Carolina Press, 2023. Pp. xii, 145. Illus., maps, tables, chron., gloss., append., notes, biblio. $30.00 paper. ISBN:1469664135 ...