Game of Thrones concluded with a controversial series finale in 2019, leaving a mystery about one of the swords crafted from Lord Eddard Stark's (Sean Bean) sword, Ice. Ned Stark was shockingly ...

Bisma strongly believes pop culture shapes human lives. She is particularly concerned about the media portrayals of gender, class, race, and sexuality on television, their intersectionality, and ...

Jazz books often arrive on notoriously slow trains. For years — no, decades — a well-respected writer in New York was said to be working on the definitive biography of pianist Thelonious Monk, only to ...

The best biographies are well researched and annotated without being pedantic, informative without browbeating the reader and objective without indifference, or worse, malice. There exists excellent ...

Widow's Wail was a Valyrian steel sword owned by Joffrey Baratheon. After Joffrey's death at the Purple Wedding, the sword resided for a time in the Red Keep, before it was taken by his brother, Jaime ...