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A South Dakota town caught in the spotlight of a tragedy is revealed through a chorus of American voices that call to mind William Faulkner's Mississipians. Read more...

Down and out in Portland and San Francisco. Read more...

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Why a chronicle of the struggle between two Mediterranean city-states still matters. Read more...

That Andrew Motion's stately work has been slow to arrive on this side of the pond is a sad reminder of how much fine poetry Americans routinely miss... Read more...

Americans have often glorified the "First Encounter" of colonizing Europeans with indigenous people. Read more...

At the conceptual edge of astrophysics, two titans of the field battle over the shape of the universe. Read more...

The author of All Souls Rising bases his latest novel on the Civil War career of one of the Confederacy's most controversial figures. Read more...

Caroline Alexander journeys back to the mother of all battles. Read more...

One of the defining creators of contemporary short fiction suggests she has new territories in sight. Read more...

In the latest novel from John Irving, a father and son are on the run from a Javert-like pursuer. Read more...

A wide-ranging collection of essays on topics that range from the nature of British comedy to the orations of Barack Obama. Read more...

On her fourth record, the popular vocalist and songwriter reveals some sharp edges. Read more...

The wizard of fiction's unfinished novel is published, and the Vladimir Nabokov's magic cabinet is unlocked for our perusal. Read more...