In her new young-adult fiction novel “Red,” out Jan. 30, Boston-area author Annie Cardi contends with reproductive rights and spirituality. The story is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic ...

It’s the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a child out of wedlock and is forced to wear the scarlet “A” for adultery on her clothing.

In recent years, playwright Kate Hamill has found success in a historically difficult endeavor: effectively adapting well-known and respected texts for the stage. The challenge of finding the dramatic ...

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) donned a “scarlet letter” as she headed into a House speaker candidate forum. Mace wore a large red “A” on her shirt, which she said was her “scarlet letter.” This is in ...