10. “Marriage at Sea,” Sophie Elmhurst, Penguin Random House 1. (tie) “A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes,” Jane Halpern, St. Martin’s; and “Smooches!,” Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young ...

The festival is produced in collaboration with The Writer's Garret and is directed by Charles Jackson Jr.. The program will feature six newly commissioned short plays created by local playwrights in ...

The Dallas Cowboys are hoping to deliver a Christmas Day bonus to their passionate and loyal fanbase. Though Dallas doesn't have an opportunity to make the playoffs, the Cowboys can finish the season ...

I have recently been trying to center my heart around the word, “relaxed.” This started when the book I was reading shared a story of how renowned theologian, Dallas Willard, responded when asked if ...

Kim Snyder’s “The Librarians” made its North Texas premiere on Oct. 14 at the Texas Theatre in Dallas. The documentary chronicles how public school librarians became the front line in a fight about ...

Ethan Rutherford's "North Sun" was selected for the National Book Award's fiction longlist, and Fargo Nissim Tbakhi’s "Terror Counter" was selected for the poetry ...

Though book bans aren’t new, many researchers and insiders in the book business agree that censorship efforts seem to be increasing. We at the Observer know this, too, which is why this year’s Best of ...

A new book argues that some proponents of “neurotheology” misstate the relationship between our bodies and our souls. What exactly am I? And what are you? The nature and essence of human beings is one ...

Missouri State fans gathered at BigShots Golf to watch the Bears play Arkansas State in the Xbox Bowl, bringing the excitement of the historic game back to the team’s home city. In the short term, a ...

On Monday morning, NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 held the latest book giveaway in our ongoing Reading With You initiative. The program aims to keep kids learning all year long, and on Monday, some NBC 5 ...

A new biography by Willard Sterne Randall shows how 18th-century Boston’s most popular businessman put his mark on the American Revolution. By Ted Widmer Ted Widmer is the author of “Lincoln on the ...