In ancient Greece, Corinth was a city with a rep. It was so well known for prostitution, writes Debra Hamel, that the Greeks made its name into a verb, korinthiazein: to fornicate. It was there, in ...

(CBS News) Amy Tan, the acclaimed author of "The Joy Luck Club," says her new novel -- her first in eight years -- was inspired by a personal family photo. Her latest book, "The Valley of Amazement," ...

DANGEROUS BEAUTY, based on a true story, tells the tumultuous tale of Veronica Franco, a celebrated courtesan/poet of 16th century Venice. Forced to become a courtesan when her family fortune is lost, ...

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NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Our connection with art and aesthetics is about as old as humanity; and performers’ multi-layered lives and stories go at least as far back as recorded history. Madhur Gupta, one ...

Human trafficking and the sex trades are modern-day tragedies, but writer Amy Tan finds tragedy, as well as hope and redemption, in the upscale brothels of early 20th Century Shanghai. Her recent ...

“Bewitchingly fulsome physique of a woman in her early twenties, golden radiance and the voice of a cuckoo – such were the features of the angelic Dhelabai. Her nimble feet were like the wings of a ...

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Author Sarah Dunant reads from her novel, In the Company of the Courtesan and talks about her latest renaissance romp.