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.
Apr 30th, 2008 · Dmitri Nabokov talks about his father's unfinished novel, which scholars call The Original of Laura. Vladimir Nabokov's dying wish was for the novel to be burned, but Dmitri's mother couldn't bear to do it. Dmitri explains why he decided to save the manuscript from destruction.
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 · 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.