A collection of conversations between writers and their "mentors," taken from the pages of The Believer, along with previously unpublished conversations. The topics discussed range from writing and craft to ... Read More

"Known mainly for her political protest poems of the 1930s, Muriel Rukeyser was attacked throughout her career: by the Left for not being Left enough, and by the Right for ... Read More

"A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut’s hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life, art, politics, and the condition of the soul of America today." "Based on short essays and ... Read More

Today's New York Times Book Review lists the Most-Blogged-About Books of 2005. The top 3 are: Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ... Read More

The Guardian 's Emma Brockes has an interview with Joan Didion, in which she wonderfully profiles the iconic journalist: "In The Year of Magical Thinking, Didion says she departed a little ... Read More

Ten years after the publication of Wicked and amidst the success of its adaptation as a Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire returns to the land of Oz to follow the story ... Read More

Spalding Gray, America's captivating teller of angst-filled stories, ended his life in 2004, after two gruesome years of suicidal depression resulting from a car-totalling crash in Ireland which left him ... Read More

In Girl Sleuth, Melanie Rehak weaves a history of Nancy Drew and her creators. Both Nancy and her "author," were invented by Edward Stratemeyer, who created the Bobbsey Twins and ... Read More

Why spend all weekend mucking about at the mall when you can make friends and family happy with the gift of a good book to curl up with - and ... Read More