In ancient Greece, Corinth was a city with a rep. It was so well known for prostitution, writes Debra Hamel, that the Greeks made its name into a verb, korinthiazein: to fornicate. It was there, in ...

(CBS News) Amy Tan, the acclaimed author of "The Joy Luck Club," says her new novel -- her first in eight years -- was inspired by a personal family photo. Her latest book, "The Valley of Amazement," ...

In her sixth novel, “The Valley of Amazement,” Amy Tan takes up a familiar theme from her earlier works — the mother-daughter dynamic — in a three-generation saga. Setting the novel in Shanghai, San ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. “Heeramandi,” the latest Netfilx series directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, has been the talk of the month since its release on May 1. The series ...

Wazir Khanam moved between households and kingdoms, but the historical record falls silent once her life fell out of the ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Our connection with art and aesthetics is about as old as humanity; and performers’ multi-layered lives and stories go at least as far back as recorded history. Madhur Gupta, one ...

DANGEROUS BEAUTY, based on a true story, tells the tumultuous tale of Veronica Franco, a celebrated courtesan/poet of 16th century Venice. Forced to become a courtesan when her family fortune is lost, ...

They were part of a thriving culture of women who were learned, witty and wealthy. They wrote and performed music; they painted and danced. They provided elite men with intelligent conversation, ...

Sarah Dunant, the sorceress who conjured up the international sensation The Birth of Venus in 2004, returns Tuesday with her new novel, In the Company of the Courtesan. It is very different yet ...