Aug 24th, 2008 · During 40 years as fiction editor of the New Yorker magazine, William Maxwell worked with luminaries like Vladimir Nabokov and John Cheever. His own writings were often overshadowed by his job — but now they've been reissued by the Library of America to mark the centennial of his birth. NPR's Jacki Lyden finds out more about the man and his words.
Sep 27th, 2005 · Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Philip Roth has been a favorite of readers since his memoir Goodbye, Columbus emerged to help define the culture of postwar America. Now the Library of America is releasing Roth's books -- a rare step for a living author.
Apr 22nd, 2005 · New Volume Collects Lovecraft Tales April 22, 2005 · Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews the Library of America's volume of tales by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, pulp horror fiction writer of the early 20th century.
Jul 13th, 2004 · NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Ilan Stavans, editor of the new three-volume series Isaac Bashevis Singer Collected Stories. The Library of America published the collection, signaling that Singer's work is part of the American canon of great literature. This year marks the centenary for the birth of the Yiddish storyteller. Singer, born in Poland, immigrated to the United States in 1935. In 1978, he won the Nobel Prize for literature, the only Yiddish writer to be so honored.