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- Nobel Laureates in LiteratureUpdated: 2008-10-09 @ 14:16:34 GMT
The Nobel Prize for Literature is granted not for a single book, but for an author’s entire body of work, and hence usually goes to a well-established writer. Here are the most recent wi… - Neal Stephenson Interview - Interview with Neal Stephenson author of…Updated: 2008-10-08 @ 21:41:43 GMT
2008 - Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon) talks about 'Anathem,' his highly anticipated return to science fiction, the very Earth-based philosophy woven into his new novel, and his writing… - Neal Stephenson InterviewUpdated: 2008-10-08 @ 21:41:11 GMT
Bestselling author Neal Stephenson's latest book, Quicksilver, follows the fortunes of an unforgettable cast of vagabonds and geniuses in the 17th and 18th centuries. Quicksilver is a funny, smart,… - Books by David Foster Wallace - David Foster Wallace BibliographyUpdated: 2008-10-06 @ 15:02:29 GMT
David Foster Wallace is the author of Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System, Girl With Curious Hair, and Oblivion, a collection of short stories. His essays and stories have appeared in Harper's, … - Jhumpa Lahiri Profile - Biography of Jhumpa Lahiri, author of Unaccu…Updated: 2008-10-06 @ 14:23:52 GMT
Jhumpa Lahiri is the author most recently of 'Unaccustomed Earth,' a collection of short stories addressing the universal themes of love, loss, and family, as well as the specifics of the Indian-Am… - Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri - Review of Jhumpa Lahiri's Unac…Updated: 2008-10-05 @ 19:54:37 GMT
Jhumpa Lahiri's second collection of short stories, "Unaccustomed Earth," finds her at the rising peak of her literary powers. These stories are longer (nearly novella length in some case… - Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Review of Anathem by Neal Stephenson, a…Updated: 2008-10-05 @ 01:51:40 GMT
In 'Anathem,' Neal Stephenson's long anticipated return to science fiction, the author molds the inverted planet of Arbre, where scientists and mathematicians are monastically cloistered apart from… - A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs - Book ReviewUpdated: 2008-10-05 @ 01:39:00 GMT
In 'A Wolf at the Table,' Augusten Burroughs returns to the story of his dysfunctional family, a subject that he mastered in his bestseller, 'Running with Scissors' (2003). If 'Running with Scissor… - Neal Stephenson - Biography of Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash…Updated: 2008-10-05 @ 01:13:53 GMT
Neal Stephenson is the author of the best-selling cyberpunk novel 'Snow Crash,' 'The Diamond Age,' 'Cryptonomicon,' and most recently, 'Anathem.' Though Stephenson early on developed a following as… - Contemporary LiteratureUpdated: 2008-10-05 @ 01:09:08 GMT
- The Confusion by Neal Stephenson - Review of The Confusion by Neal S…Updated: 2008-10-05 @ 01:07:32 GMT
The Confusion, the second book of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle trilogy does not disappoint as he picks up his characters where he abruptly dropped them at the end of Quicksilver. The year is 168… - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson - Review of The System of…Updated: 2008-10-05 @ 01:07:07 GMT
Set in the early 18th century and featuring a diverse cast of characters that includes alchemists, mathematicians, thieves, pirates, and royalty, The System of the World follows Daniel Waterhouse t… - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson - Review of Quicksilver by Neal Steph…Updated: 2008-10-05 @ 01:06:39 GMT
Volume I of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, Quicksilver, is here. A monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Cryptonomicon, it is history, … - Flight Volume Five - Review of volume five of the Flight Comics Seri…Updated: 2008-10-05 @ 00:50:24 GMT
'Flight' is an annually released series now in its fifth volume. It's heavy on artistic talent. I'm not sure where I first came across the work in volume five, but it immediately turned my head. Ki… - David Wroblewski Profile - Biography of David Wroblewski, author of …Updated: 2008-09-29 @ 14:17:34 GMT
David Wroblewski is the author of the Oprah's Book Club selection 'The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,' a suspense novel about the adventures of a mute teenager and his faithful companion who, with the su… - David Foster Wallace - Biography of David Foster Wallace author of I…Updated: 2008-09-29 @ 04:10:18 GMT
David Foster Wallace is the author of Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System, Girl With Curious Hair, and Oblivion, a collection of short stories. His essays and stories have appeared in Harper's, … - The Brooklyn Follies by Paul AusterUpdated: 2008-09-26 @ 15:30:39 GMT
A retired insurance salesman, estranged from his family and diagnosed with lung cancer, returns to Brooklyn to die. Instead, he reacquaints himself with his long-lost nephew, a spiritual seeker wo… - Oracle Night by Paul AusterUpdated: 2008-09-26 @ 15:29:22 GMT
Paul Auster is one author who likes to write novels about novelists, and continues to be consistently entertaining and provocative in doing so. Auster's latest novel, Oracle Night, is another explo… - Paul Auster Profile - Biography of Writer Paul AusterUpdated: 2008-09-26 @ 15:27:36 GMT
American author Paul Auster was born and raised in Newark, NJ. He graduated from Columbia University in 1970 and moved to Paris, where he made his living translating the works of French authors. He… - Man in the Dark by Paul Auster Review - Review of Man in the Dark by…Updated: 2008-09-25 @ 19:46:11 GMT
Paul Auster's newest book, 'Man in the Dark,' creates an alternate universe in which the twin towers never toppled, the war in Iraq never began, and instead the United States wages against itself, … - Simplexity by Jeffrey Kluger - Review of Simplexity oby Jeffrey Klug…Created: 2008-09-25 @ 15:12:51 GMT
Jeffrey Kluger introduces us to the new scientific discipline of 'Simplexity' - the notion that seemingly complex things can be more simple than they appear and that, alternately, seemingly simple … - The Perfectionist: Life and Death in Haute Cuisine by Rudolph Chelmi…Created: 2008-09-25 @ 15:01:06 GMT
Bernard Loiseau was one of only twenty-five French chefs to hold Europe's highest culinary award, three stars in the Michelin Red Guide, and only the second chef to be personally awarded the Legion… - Angel?s Tip by Alafair Burke - Review of Angel?s Tip by Alafair BurkeUpdated: 2008-09-25 @ 14:55:07 GMT
Alafair Burke continues to expand the power and scope of her writing. In 'Angel's Tip,' her fifth novel, she has soundly placed herself into the top level of those who write murder mysteries. She d… - Alexander and Alestria by Shan Sa - Review of Alexander and Alestri…Updated: 2008-09-25 @ 14:54:23 GMT
In 'Alexander and Alestria,' Shan Sa weaves her own mythology in order to create the back story for Alestria, a woman warrior who in battle meets and falls in love with Alexander the Great, whose o… - Sports Books - A List of Sports Books For Sports FansUpdated: 2008-09-25 @ 13:53:42 GMT
Winning sports book picks for both the athlete and the spectator sports fan in your life… - Oblivion by David Foster Wallace Review - Book Review of David Foste…Updated: 2008-09-17 @ 20:01:13 GMT
One of the most prodigiously talented and original writers at work today returns with his first new fiction in five years. In the stories that make up Oblivion, David Foster Wallace joins the rawes…