The author on writing stories with ‘emotional punch’ for children, walking in to a bomb during the Troubles, and his ...

A legend in his own right, he was just one of many famous outlaws of the American West ... possibly in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. This was the story popularized by Cherokee author, John ...

Introduced to millions as the kid in Dave Eggers’ 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,' Toph re-emerges to reclaim his tragic family history and explain why his famous sibling is no longer a ...

Ever wonder what your favorite American author loved to eat? We've rounded up several of America's most famous literary ...

This week, novelist Jonathan Lethem joins Ben Davis to discuss the impact of art on his life and his body of work.

But “An Evening with David Sedaris” on Nov. 14 turned out to be pretty down and dirty fun. Respected not just as an author, ...

Screening on opening night at DOC NYC, the film builds around an interview from near the end of its subject's life to deliver a close study of a celebrated author who became a cultural pariah in her ...

Margaret Davis is, admittedly, a book lover. But while that might suggest an ulterior motive for organizing a book festival, ...

During the 1970s, Barnegat Township resident Scott Bilker’s parents were prolific authors. They had a particular interest in ...

In ‘Didion & Babitz,’ journalist Lili Anolik unpacks the volatile yet symbiotic relationship between two literary icons.

Babitz is now a cultural heroine as well as a literary, same as Didion. What she stands for is pleasure, polymorphous and ...

Reading books on Christmas Eve has deep roots in Russian and Ukrainian history. In 1831, Nikolai Gogol's story "The Night ...