February 25, 1956: Sylvia Plath met Ted Hughes in a London pub while studying at Cambridge on a Fulbright scholarship. Plath's and Hughes' relationship went on to become one ... Read More

In The Final Solution, Michael Chabon delivers a suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that re-imagines the classic detective story. In retirement in the English countryside, an 89-year old man, vaguely ... Read More

Hunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1937. After high school, he served in the U.S. Air Force where he wrote about sports for the base newspaper. ... Read More

The contenders for the new Man Booker International Prize 2005 were announced yesterday, February 18. From 13 different countries, the list of authors includes five Nobel Laureates and two winners ... Read More

The most stirring voice to come out of South Africa, Nelson Mandela has brought his message of freedom, equality, and human dignity to the entire world. Now his most eloquent ... Read More

Kafka on the Shore is characteristically engaging in its humor and surrealism - true to form for Haruki Murakami. The novel is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, ... Read More

David Caine is a gambler. He gambles at cards and life, always with the belief that his almost savant ability to determine probabilities will keep him afloat. What he doesn't ... Read More

Series editor Laura Furman--a novelist, short story writer, and teacher--has read more than a thousand stories to identify the twenty winners in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2005, each one ... Read More

From the Chatham Isles in 1850 to 1931 Belgium, from the West Coast in the 1970s to present-day England, and from a Korean superstate of the near future to a ... Read More