Arts and Culture

Earlier this year it became clear that Harper Lee had extensively revised "To Kill a Mockingbird" on the advice of her editor. That made us wonder: How much do editors shape the books we read?

"Let's Do It Again" was the second and last song by the Staple Singers to top the pop chart.

Fans born in October, November or December of 1967 have a shot at appearing in the TV ad.

If the songwriters prevail it could cost Spotify tens of millions of dollars in unpaid royalties.

Nearly 7,000 ethnic Karen from Myanmar, also known as Burma, live in the city. But there aren't many books about them, or in the Karen language, at the city's libraries.

E-book sales stalled, but sales of paper editions were up slightly over last year.

Mike Davis thought he'd produce a few of the stickers to hand out to family and friends. He's sold or given away more than 10,000 in recent weeks to people around the world.

On December 29, 1890, a US Cavalry regiment killed 250 innocent Lakota men, women and children in South Dakota in what became known as the Wounded Knee Massacre. Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson speaks at the MNHS History Forum about her new book, "Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre."

George Lucas pulled from pulp novels, comics and a book all about the power of myth.

Sheb Wooley's "Oklahoma Honky Tonk Girl" did not draw much attention at the time.