Lost in the conversation of the impact of eBooks is the plight of the mainstream novelist, who writes books that fit no genre category but nevertheless represent the crown jewels of the authorial world, the lynchpin of the trade publishing business.
M.J. Rose | Posted 07.07.2011
There's no question, I am a writer because of my mother's love of books. Until doing this list I didn't realize how much of who I am and what I write about was influenced by the books she loved.
Julianna Baggott | Posted 05.25.2011
I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books. But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore. I'm not a drug dealer.
Brian Gresko | Posted 05.25.2011
Karen Russell -- a rising star in the literary world -- speaks about her writing process and the trials and tribulations she encountered when writing her debut novel Swamplandia!
Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011
Mohammed Hanif, the Pakistani novelist, is observing from Karachi that "even the believers" don't believe in the war in Afghanistan anymore.
BBC News | Paul Moss | Posted 05.25.2011
The shortlist of titles for the Guardian First Book award has been announced. But even before deliberations reached this stage, the prize has become t...
Charlie Carillo | Posted 05.25.2011
When your novel gets published, you can't help dreaming about that phone call from Hollywood with a seven-figure offer to bring your story to the silver screen. I've had that dream four times.
Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011
Dennis Lehane so rules the neighborhood of Noir ("Nwaaah," as we say in Boston) that he gets street credit for work he didn't write, like "The Departe...
Posted 05.25.2011
Narrative Magazine: Gail Godwin is the author of thirteen novels--three of which have been nominated for the National Book Award--two collections of s...
Matt Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011
Why couldn't one enterprising publisher, or rich guy, or Amazon, set up a literary talent development system modeled on the NFL draft to discover the next Junot Diaz?
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011
Journalist and author Irene Zutell's latest novel sensitively captures the inevitable struggles that women face: infidelity, divorce, achieving independence, losing friends and making them.
The New York Times | MARGALIT FOX | Posted 05.25.2011
Raymond Federman, a French-born scholar, critic and avant-garde novelist whose work sought to straddle the boundary between fiction and reality -- and...
Charlie Rose | Posted 05.25.2011
I spoke with Webb about how he sees the challenges facing America and the future of the Democratic party.
Warren Adler | Posted 01.22.2012