Jan 5th, 2009 · A Wovel is an on-line novel written serially, with readers deciding the turns of the plot. Publisher Underland Press is hoping people who already do most of their reading surfing the web will return each week to read the next installment.
Dec 26th, 2008 · Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison is back on the literary scene with a new book, A Mercy. Set in 17th century America, the story follows a teenage girl enslaved during a time when many people, not just blacks, were in bondage. Morrison talks about her book, its characters and whether we're living in a post-racial age.
Dec 23rd, 2008 · George Plimpton was a literary man about town who did it all, from co-founding The Paris Review to boxing (and dribbling and quarterbacking) with the pros. Now, in George, Being George, 200 friends, lovers and rivals detail Plimpton's remarkable exploits.
Dec 15th, 2008 · Dear reader, sitting down with a collection of letters — or a vivid reflection on them — affords a singularly intimate encounter with a writer, so please give a look to these exercises in mail bonding.
Dec 14th, 2008 · Robert Lowell was a Pulitzer Prize winner before he was 30. Elizabeth Bishop was compared to Emily Dickenson. A new book explores one of the literary world's most entwined relationships — an unlikely pairing and, in its way, a kind of love story.
Dec 10th, 2008 · Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison is back on the literary scene with a new book, A Mercy. Set in 17th century America, the story follows a teenaged girl enslaved during a time when many people, not just blacks, were in bondage. Morrison talks about her book, its characters and whether we're living in a post-racial age.
Dec 7th, 2008 · On the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Milton, fans around the world are celebrating with literary events, exhibits and readings of Milton's famous epic poem, Paradise Lost.
Dec 2nd, 2008 · Critic-at-large John Powers discusses the current literary "It" boy, Chilean-born writer Roberto Bolano. Bolano, who died in 2003, has won posthumous praise for his novel 2666.