In her new young-adult fiction novel “Red,” out Jan. 30, Boston-area author Annie Cardi contends with reproductive rights and spirituality. The story is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic ...

It’s the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a child out of wedlock and is forced to wear the scarlet “A” for adultery on her clothing.

A historic home up for sale in Salem is not to be scorned — but rather embraced — unlike the protagonist of the novel that was written by the author who used to live there. The house, located at 18 ...

Try this short quiz to see how many locations you remember from your reading. By J. D. Biersdorfer In “The Sinners All Bow,” Kate Winkler Dawson brings a podcaster’s instincts to a 19th-century murder ...

Taylor Swift‘s “Love Story” is the best country love song of the 2000s, if not the best country love song ever written. Surprisingly, it was inspired by a romance that never got off of the ground. The ...

Kate Hamill's adaptation of Hawthorne's classic "The Scarlet Letter" at Two River Theater. At Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, the world premiere of The Scarlet Letter, Kate Hamill's stage ...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) wore a scarlet letter “A” on a t-shirt in protest of how other Republicans are attacking her for voting out former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). “I’m wearing the ...

In recent years, playwright Kate Hamill has found success in a historically difficult endeavor: effectively adapting well-known and respected texts for the stage. The challenge of finding the dramatic ...

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) donned a “scarlet letter” as she headed into a House speaker candidate forum. Mace wore a large red “A” on her shirt, which she said was her “scarlet letter.” This is in ...

You don't need to have read The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic book about adultery and social stigmatization, to enjoy a Scarlet Letter cocktail. But you do need to want to try ...

18 Chestnut Street in Salem is a six-bed, six-bath home where Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of legendary books like The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables, lived with his family from 1846 to ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. While growing up, Nathanial Hawthorne was steeped in the Puritan traditions of Salem, Massachusetts, which later ...