Thomas Paine's Common Sense presented the case for American independence in a way that spoke to the average person.

Celebrate El Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, through the rich literary traditions of our JSTOR poets and writers.

The King James Bible, the most popular version read worldwide, had a lasting influence on the American literary canon.

In Genesis 38, Tamar, disguised as a prostitute, tricks her father-in-law into having sex with her. I don’t recall this making the Sunday school curriculum.