An Interview with Charles Baxter
Charles Baxter, the prolific short story writer, talks about how he creates his vivid characters out of thin air.
Department: Feature
Calyx Books
In an Oregon town, a small feminist press survives despite too little capital, a hostile market, too much success.
The Aids Project Los Angeles Writers Workshop
Since 1991, journalist Irene Borger has taught weekly writing workshops to more than 100 AIDS patients and their caregivers.
An Interview with May Sarton
Success has come late to May Sarton, the 80-year-old poet who feels that her prodigious verse, novels, and journals have been shunned by critics and ignored by academics.
Villa Montalvo
Summers bustle with concerts and readings, while winters provide a peaceful retreat at a northern California colony.
Sports and the Literary Writer
Baseball is not the only sport with its own distinguished body of literature
Poeming a Translation
Writers whose only knowledge of a language comes from a foreign dictionary are publishing inaccurate translations of poetry.
An Interview with Leslea Newman
The versatile poet, novelist, and short story writer Leslea Newman found her first children's book, Heather Has Two Mommies, at the center of a national controversy.
African American Literature in the Nineties
African American writers are changing the U.S. literary landscape as new voices are heard and established authors hit the bestseller list.
An Interview With William Maxwell
Although William Maxwell is best known as the New Yorker editor who helped shape modern American fiction, for 50 years he has been writing critically acclaimed novels and stories.
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