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August 13, 2014

From religious German censors to French Enlightenment intellectuals, Europeans pan John Milton’s masterpiece.

August 12, 2014

Richard Wright, John Cheever and Zora Neale Hurston were all employed by the short-lived, though influential government program.

The Cult of Donna Tartt

August 11, 2014

How has a novelist who’s only released three books in 22 years become the center of a devout following? And why is that a good thing?

August 11, 2014

A call for stories about supernatural felines transcends to Vonnegut and what it means to be a writer.

August 07, 2014

Though dead, these authors still draw a crowd.

Social Media is Ancient

August 07, 2014

It just used to be in newspapers.

August 05, 2014

Fighter pilot, MI6 intelligence officer, renowned children’s writer — Roald Dahl certainly was a bad ass.

August 04, 2014

Before the publication of his dirty letters, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man revealed Joyce to be quite the kink.

August 01, 2014

On the anniversary of its publication, the final chapter of this Victorian classic continues to baffle.

August 01, 2014

Written in 2014, Charles Dickens’s serialized novel would be released on Twitter — and be a hell of a lot shorter.

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