"In Traveler, his beautifully written follow up to The Memory of Running, Ron McLarty has created a character who returns home to an awakened sense of responsibility after a note ... Read More

PEN World Voices 2007 is going on right now (April 24-29). More than 150 writers from around the world have gathered in New York to discuss literature, politics, and ... Read More

Previously the domain of philosophers and linguists, information theory has now moved beyond the province of code breakers to become the crucial science of our time. In Decoding the Universe, ... Read More

It's Earth Day. Get out, plant a tree, plant a garden, go for a hike, or join an event to help spread environmental awareness. When you're done with ... Read More

A young Pakistani named Changez is living an immigrant’s dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by Underwood Samson, an elite firm ... Read More

"April 15, 1947. It was an ordinary day for an ordinary baseball player. It was an extraordinary day for an extraordinary man. Jack Roosevelt Robinson went 0-4 that day, scoring ... Read More

Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday, April 11, as the result of brain injuries he suffered in a fall at his Manhattan home. He was 84. The author of numerous novels, plays, ... Read More

Former Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, reads his poetry with accompanying animations.This is not to be missed. My favorite is Forgetfulness.

In Christine Falls, the debut crime novel from Booker-winning author, John Banville (aka Benjamin Black), a Dublin pathologist follows the corpse of a mysterious woman into the heart of a ... Read More

An original drawing from French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) was recently discovered at a museum in Japan. One of only six ... Read More

"Oprah Winfrey has chosen Cormac McCarthy's spare and glorious novel, The Road, for her book club, and McCarthy will soon appear on her show. This is quite a departure for ... Read More