I left home for college some eight years ago and have been living away from the nest ever since. But this summer I bit the bullet -- as so many Americans are doing during the recession -- and moved back in.
Wall Street Journal | Alexandra Alter | Posted 12.02.2009 | Books
This week, author Rick Moody has been experimenting with Twitterfiction -- he is tweeting a short story over the course of three days, posting a new s...
The New Yorker | Ian McEwan | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books
It surprised no one to learn that Michael Beard had been an only child, and he would have been the first to concede that he'd never quite got the hang...
Nina Sankovitch | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books
Thanksgiving is here and I want to give thanks to five women writers who in 2009 excited, enlivened, and energized me through their great books.
Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books
I'll endure a dollop of political incorrectness for the sake of an insanely smart story; in this post-feminist world, I'm just that confident.
Nina Sankovitch | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books
There is a solution to the time crunch: the beauty and brevity of a short story. For those with circumscribed time, short stories deliver, and deliver big time.
The Guardian | Mark Brown | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books
Powerful fictional storytelling dominates the shortlist of this year's Guardian first book award, announced today, which includes works that range fro...
The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books
For Neil Gaiman, it began with a disconcerting image of a girl spoken to by her reflection in a mirror. For Melvin Burgess, it was a mother told by a ...
David Finkle | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books
Since none of the fiction lovers to whom I mention Mavis Gallant has more than the vaguest notion who she is -- this, despite her being singled out fo...
Jennifer Nix | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living
I once again see the potential and power of literature, and hope to tell new and necessary stories. As activists, we must not lose sight of art. Here are some questions I posed to Aleksandar Hemon.
Dave Heller | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living