When sickly Bostonian Edward J. O’Brien put together the first “Best American Short Stories” anthology in 1915, short stories were considered junky pop culture. He was hoping that his project would ...

The film discusses the significance of the American short story as a unique literary form that captures the essence of human experience in a compressed format. It emphasizes the relatable nature of ...

The first surprise was the manuscript itself: an unpublished novel by Harper Lee that predated "To Kill a Mockingbird." The existence and subsequent publication of "Go Set a Watchman" has spurred huge ...

Bruce Lisman is selling a trove of 18th and 19th-century American books and rarities. His collection offers a rare look into the foundations of American literature. As a kid growing up in Vermont, ...

The Nobel Prize in Literature stands as one of the world's most respected appreciation, which, in the words of Alfred Nobel's will, presents authors every year, who produce "the most outstanding tasks ...

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment celebrates the popular literature and authors published in America before the Civil War began in ...

NEW YORK, May 4, 2013 — In conjunction with the Ninth Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, Asia Society hosted a cross-cultural encounter between leading American and Japanese ...