Before the Independence Day fireworks this week, try this short quiz on America’s popular books published during the ...

10 classics of American literature. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (1884) Often considered one of the greatest novels of American literature, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn takes you ...

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.

Inflamed, impertinent and deeply insightful, D.H. Lawrence’s “Studies in Classic American Literature” remains startlingly relevant 100 years after it was originally published.

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

Journalist Terence Smith reflects on decades of reporting on American presidents, wars On our bookshelf tonight, NewsHour's old friend and former longtime media correspondent Terence Smith's ...

Starting with just $100 and some out-of-print books, Frances Steloff turned New York’s Gotham Book Mart into a celebrity hang ...

The state senator from Chesterfield is now the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor and the first Muslim woman in the U ...

African American literature’s prowess resides in its capacity to transform personal experience into universal truth. When Ralph Ellison wrote on invisibility, he wasn’t just describing the ...

At the Austin African American Book Festival, tables are lined up with vendors and authors looking to sell their novels. With ...