Topic: Literature

Thomas Pynchon Returns to New York, Where He's Always Been

American Society of Authors and Writers, New York Magazine

Though he's lived in New York since the early 1990s, after decades of living an oddly fugitive existence in and out of America, Thomas Pynchon now seems, at last, to have arrived.

By Erik Hayden

Apr 29, 2011

Author Refutes Harper Lee's Repudiation of Her Book

The dispute between the 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author and Marja Mills continues

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By Alex Eichler

Apr 28, 2011

Harper Lee Makes Rare Public Statement to Repudiate Memoir

The reclusive "To Kill a Mockingbird" author denies participating in a book about her

Comments | 7,072 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 26, 2011

Norman Mailer's Apartment Can Be Yours for $2.5 Million

Three years after the author's death, his Brooklyn Heights loft is up for sale

Comments | 1,552 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 18, 2011

Reviews Predictably Mixed for James Frey's New Bisexual Jesus Novel

'The Final Testament of the Holy Bible' hits shelves this Friday--as in Good Friday

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By Heather Horn

Apr 12, 2011

New Women Writers Flourishing on Orange Prize Shortlist

Three of the five authors for the prize for women's writing are first-time novelists

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By Ray Gustini

Apr 8, 2011

Fantasy Films: The Least Loved Genre

The pans of 'Your Highness' and 'Game of Thrones' is a critical tradition

Comments | 2,076 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 4, 2011

Tina Fey's Memoir Will End Heretofore Unknown Tina Fey Backlash

Critics thrilled funny TV writer also funny book writer

Comments | 2,322 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 1, 2011

Dead Men Sometimes Tell Bestselling Tales

David Foster Wallace and the pack of posthumous authors dominating the bestseller list

Comments | 2,570 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

Mar 29, 2011

Spatwatch

An Independent Novelist vs. Her Very First Critic

Many indie authors are just happy to get reviewed; not Jacqueline Howett

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By Ray Gustini

Mar 28, 2011

'Paris Review' Quixotically Campaigns Against Overuse of 'Quixotic'

Questionable uses of the loanword were everywhere this week

Comments | 380 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

Mar 25, 2011

Spatwatch

Ayelet Waldman vs. Katie Roiphe

Waldman uses Twitter to call out one of her husband's critics

Comments | 1,670 Views

By Ray Gustini

Mar 25, 2011

What We Know About Maurice Sendak's Partying Pig Book

'Where The Wild Things Are' creator returns with first book in almost 30 years

Comments | 464 Views

By Ray Gustini

Mar 14, 2011

Bret Easton Ellis Confuses People With His Take on Charlie Sheen

Sheen is "post-Empire." Get it? No? Neither did a bunch of other people

Comments | 896 Views

By Uri Friedman

Feb 18, 2011

By Caitlin Dickson

Feb 3, 2011

Donald Rumsfeld None Too Apologetic in New Memoir

Although he does, reviewers note, briefly show his soft side

Comments | 23 Views

By Elspeth Reeve

Jan 28, 2011

Quote of the Day: This Book Is Officially Nuts

The New York Times reviews a rather unusual self-help book, The 4-Hour Body

Comments | 172 Views

By Alex Eichler

Jan 5, 2011

Morning Vid: Shooting a Bullet Right Through Jonathan Franzen's Freedom

This should be cathartic for a few of you

Comments | 306 Views

By John Hudson

Jan 4, 2011

New Edition of 'Huck Finn' Censors the 'N Word'

Literary purists have a fit

Comments | 2,586 Views

By Heather Horn

Dec 27, 2010

Quote of the Day: Why You Are Not Reading Charles Dickens Right Now

You may be dreaming of hot buttered rum, says Daniel Arizona, but you probably can't name three characters in A Tale of Two Cities

Comments | 50 Views

By Alex Eichler

Dec 6, 2010

Quote of the Day: Julian Assange Is a 'Scarlet Pimpernel'

The weirdest analogy you'll see this morning. Did the WikiLeaks cables have little flowers attached to them?

Comments | 85 Views

By Heather Horn

Dec 4, 2010

On Books That Try Too Hard

Publishers may be a little to focused on speed

Comments | 145 Views

By Heather Horn

Nov 29, 2010

What the NYT's 100 Most 'Notable' Books List Reveals

Looking back on the works of 2010

Comments | 345 Views

By Heather Horn

Nov 18, 2010

Why Unpublished Novelists Keep Writing

A veteran receiver of rejection letters talks about fiction-writing as a calling

Comments | 30 Views

By Alex Eichler

Nov 18, 2010

National Book Award Goes to Punk Rocker

Patti Smith, Jaimy Gordon and Tom Wolfe claim laurels

Comments | 110 Views

By Alex Eichler

Nov 12, 2010

Michel Houellebecq, Provocative Novelist, Wins the Prix Goncourt

Unflinching autopsies of contemporary French society are really hot this year

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By Heather Horn

Nov 12, 2010

Quote of the Day: Why Tolkien Liked Monarchy--and Anarchy

David Hart explores the author's attraction to the competing systems

Comments | 148 Views

By Erik Hayden

Nov 4, 2010

5 Pieces of Advice for Those Writing a Novel in 30 Days

Novel Writing Month: designed to make would-be novelists guilty

Comments | 397 Views

By Erik Hayden

Oct 30, 2010

Keith Richards's Revealing 'Life'

The memoir illuminates a man who ingested everything and "survived to crow about the fact"

Comments | 78 Views

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