To celebrate the 249th birthday of Regency-Era English author Jane Austen, who was born Dec. 16, 1775, The Crimson White reached out to University professors to rank their favorite books from her catalog. Austen,...

As people increasingly move to the digital world for various aspects of their lives — school, work, hobbies — physical books are among the tools that have flipped the page and become readily available...

Sally Rooney’s latest novel, “Intermezzo,” is a story about the pursuit of romantic and familial love in the midst of grief. It is about finding life within loss and comfort during heartache. The...

Trish O’Kane, a senior lecturer in the environmental program at the University of Vermont, is coming to The University of Alabama to share her memoir, “Birding to Change the World,” Oct. 8. After...

Book lovers beware. Hidden on the left hand side of the Tuscaloosa Public Library is a treasure trove filled with fiction, biographies, westerns and more, all costing between $1 and $3. Once you discover...

School libraries in the state of Alabama have long suffered a lack of state and federal funding for new books, but for nine schools throughout the Black Belt and the state, that’s going to change.During...

Imagine a small family bookstore. Is it peaceful and quiet? Can you smell the old pages of the books and hear them sliding off the shelves? At the Book Rack, that may be true on some days, but you're more...

When Oscar Wilde first sent his only novel to be published in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine in 1890, he never could have guessed that the public outcry against his work would eventually land him in an...

April 27, 2011. A dark, gloomy day most current students didn’t see, but many remember. A powerful EF4 tornado ripped across Alabama, killing 64 people, including six University of Alabama students....

Though a book can easily be borrowed from University libraries, buying a book brings a reader more freedom. After a book purchase, there’s no guilt about folding page corners or writing in margins. Borrowing...

The second installment of Lang Leav’s writing, “Lullabies,” is desired to “sing to your present,” “echo of your past” and “whisper of your future.”Leav prefaces the poems with an introduction...