Discover Ranjit Hoskote's curated selection of 150 couplets from Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir in 'The Homeland's an Ocean.' ...

The days around Christmas and new year can feel like a fever dream. Come December, we’re searching the high shelves for the glass trifle bowl one moment and then – blink – the holidays are upon us.

From the blisteringly contemporary to the classic, the lighthearted to the weighty, here are our favorite short, one-sitting ...