Dec 29th, 2008 · Iranian author Azar Nafisi has a new memoir out Tuesday called Things I've Been Silent About. The author of Reading Lolita in Tehran talks about the domineering presence of her unfulfilled mother and her relationship with her father, a former mayor of Tehran under the Shah.
Dec 9th, 2008 · Throw Me the Statue began as Scott Reitherman's one-man act in Seattle, Wash., but has since grown into a solid five-piece band that specializes in electro-pop playfulness. Moonbeams, the debut album from the group, is a collection of catchy, upbeat indie pop with enough experimental twists and turns to keep it interesting.
Jan 26th, 2008 · Lolita novelist Vladimir Nabokov wanted his last work, which was never published, to be destroyed. More than 30 years later his wishes have not been honored and his son faces a decision.
Jul 7th, 2006 · Author Bret Anthony Johnston offers his endorsement for the classic novel Lolita. Part of the genius in Vladimir Nabokov's tale of obsessive, pedophilic love, says Johnston, is that the author makes his readers complicit in Humbert Humbert's sins.
Sep 24th, 2005 · Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran reads from Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita, which was published 50 years ago this month.
Sep 18th, 2005 · Lolita -- the novel, not the title character -- turned 50 this past week. Wisconsin Public Radio's Steve Paulson talks with various writers about the literary influence of the Vladimir Nabokov's story of a grown man's obsession with a very young girl.
Sep 15th, 2005 · When Lolita was first published 50 years ago, it was considered by some to be obscene, to others a masterpiece of ficition. But more than 50 million copies later, the book and its beautiful, tragic prose continues to lure new generations of readers.
Sep 15th, 2005 · The novel Lolita has spawned controversy, contempt, devotion and sales in the millions for at least two generations. In the second of a two-part series, Madeleine Brand explores how Vladimir Nabokov's groundbreaking novel about forbidden desire has rippled out into American culture.