Those of us who took four years of high school English recall reading lots of books ... by Dickens, Steinbeck, Hemingway and other literary lions and lionesses.

October is the month for painted leaves,” wrote Henry David Thoreau in a wonderful essay called “Autumnal Tints” that a ...

Pick was a futurist at a time when many people thought the world would be lucky to escape a nuclear exchange. So for his contemporaries, it was barely worth a mention that a newly minted millionaire ...

A new biography of Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many paradoxical attempts to escape who the world expected him to be.

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Henry David Thoreau’s Walden? Shakespeare’s Ophelia ... As a result, the puzzle of the book’s essential riddle — Who is she? Why is she here? What isn’t she telling us? What can’t we see? — becomes ...

Searching for peaceful small towns in Massachusetts perfect for relaxing getaways? These 10 delightful communities offer historic architecture and serene settings that will help y ...

Fall visitors are in for a particular treat, as Daingerfield State Park puts on one of the most spectacular autumn color displays in Texas. When October rolls around, the sweet gums, maples, oaks, and ...

Matthiessen’s politics drifted left. He quit the C.I.A. It was clear that he could write. When just out of Yale he sold a ...

On January 18, 1927, the Frankfurter Zeitung daily newspaper featured one of the celebrated feuilletons Joseph Roth had ...

September 18, 2025 • A new Pynchon! A Tim Curry memoir! A 600-page doorstopper from a reclusive writer (not named Thomas Pynchon)! The fall is stacked with big book releases. Here's what we're ...