Breaking up is painful, stressful, and all-consuming. But for many, the real torture comes after you've somewhat recovered and you find out that your ex has a new love in his life
What's key about communicating is the formation of meaning. And that doesn't happen on the page. It happens in the mind of the reader. That's who you have to care about, and that's where you do your work as a writer.
The Times Literary Supplement has unearthed a rare story by Vladimir Nabokov, the author of "Lolita," "Pale Fire" and other poetic classics. Titled "B...
Lists are arbitrary. No formula can rank James Joyce over Vladimir Nabokov, or Edith Wharton over Jane Austen. The intellectual knows it's most important to try and read all those great novels.
There is a very special place in hell reserved for whoever created the emoticon. Nor can we blame the scourge solely on text messaging and e-mail: as far back as the 19th century.
MOSCOW -- A senior Russian Orthodox official claimed Wednesday that novels by Vladimir Nabokov and Gabriel Garcia Marquez justify pedophilia and said ...
At first glance, these books have very little in common -- a racially-charged tome and one of the most praised linguistic publications in history, a "...
Sigh. Authors just donāt insult each other like they used to. Sure, Martin Amis raised some eyebrows when he claimed he would need brain damage to w...
In terms of memorable opening lines, I'm not sure any author can top Vladimir Nabokov in Lolita for pure poetry and mind-bending eroticism, but Naboko...
As compared to the mommies dearest in these pages, almost any woman can feel like Mother of the Year. A frisson of schadenfreude might be preferable to a entire bouquet of roses.
When an author dies, what happens to his unfinished manuscripts? From Max Brodās famous refusal to burn the papers left behind by his friend Franz K...
Eryn Green writes this week at Esquire about research regarding stem cells and male pattern baldness, pointing to a recent study from the University o...
There has been a lot of talk about books and sex in this space lately, and it's not just because of yesterday's holiday. Anyone who has taken English ...
There is so much in ourselves and in others that we must take on faith. Memories, hopes, illusions, these are all bound up in perception. Nabokov shows us that what is "real" is partially made, partially known, and partially a blessed mystery.
Among the countless catchphrases that educators generally despise are "drill-'n-kill" and "rote memorization." In keeping with their meanings, both sound terrifically unpleasant.
Everybody doodles. There's just something about an idle moment and a blank space on a page that invites a little design or two. Plus, there is some ev...
There is a two-fold complaint nestled in the plumy thicket of today's screed, good people. And while they (the individual issues of the complaint) are...
Vladimir Nabokov, controversial author of "Lolita," left behind a legacy of over 300 letters to his beloved wife of 52-years, Vera. The Russian langua...
Books and movies have gone hand-in-hand since Hollywood's very beginnings. Some of its greatest triumphs--"The Godfather," "Gone With The Wind," "The ...
Writing a book is usually a long, hair-pulling affair for the author. But in the end, only one name appears on the front of the book: their own.
What...