Keith Waldrop eschews any intention or meaning that you could point to in his work. He makes statements here and there, but his poetry, he's said, is about "having nothing to say and saying it."
Bruce Harris | Posted 11.25.2009 | Books
Alfred A Knopf is probably looking down from book heaven, stroking his luxuriant mustaches and smiling with delight at yet another Knopf prize winner.
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books
The National Book Awards were announced last night at an event which also honored Gore Vidal and Dave Eggers. Check out the winners below, and vote on...
Nick Antosca | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books
The Book Expo America organizers should watch and learn from the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 event, which took place Monday night at Brooklyn's PowerHouse Arena.
The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books
This year is a good one for female writers; most of the major literature prizes have gone to women, though whether this is a fluke, a new trend of hei...
The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books
The National Book Foundation rolled out the nominations for the 2009 National Book Award on Wednesday, and the winners will be announced November 18. ...
Steve Leveen | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
Choose the best book of award-winning fiction of the past 60 years? Impossible! Yes, but let's do it anyway.
Dan Brown | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living
Classrooms are ready-made for great stories. Comprised of twenty-some children and one adult, bound by a common mission, they are intersections of you...
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living
Epilogue is a gripping memoir by National Book Award finalist Anne Roiphe, who was forced to recompose her life after the sudden loss of her husband of 39 years.
Christopher Lydon | Posted 12.12.2009 | Books