Nation-building in a war of insurgency: Rick Atkinson on the American Revolution
Always Coming Home: The Ursula K. Le Guin book that breaks the novel form “wide open”
John Schulian: The “deadline artists” who brought the sports pages to life
Ian Frazier on why Ring Lardner is “a major figure in twentieth-century letters”
The power of Ann Petry: “the issues . . . she faces resonate with our times”
Liz Petry on her mother, Ann Petry: private but dedicated to service—and her art
J. D. McClatchy on W. S. Merwin: “A new sound for American poems”
“Pure imagining,” within limits: Ursula K. Le Guin on The Hainish Novels & Stories
John O’Hara in the 1930s: “he habitually told Americans the truth about themselves”
Library of America interviews Rafia Zafar about the Harlem Renaissance
Andy Borowitz on the challenge of selecting the 50 funniest American writers
Mindy Aloff: “Most writers . . . are fascinated by dancing”
James Fenimore Cooper reveals “deeply hidden truths” about the American Revolution
John Updike, Pennsylvania, and “the matter of America”
The War Before the War: Andrew Delbanco on fugitive slaves and the fragility of the American Republic
Four books—and a flawed Everyman—that made John Updike’s name as a novelist
