Here's a strange book-dorky habit of mine: Each year, I eagerly, and I mean eagerly , anticipate the announcement of the Nobel Prize in ...

Just about every literary nerd has had this conversation at least once (and I had one recently): Me: Oh, you're a reader - cool! What ...

After posting my review of Freedom last week , this blog will officially be a Franzen-free zone for awhile. (And there was much rejoicing, I...

In the acknowledgments at the end of his hilarious new novel The Thieves of Manhattan , Adam Langer doles out "thanks to all the fake m...

The quest for limitless freedom is a common theme in literature — from Jack Kerouac's character in On the Road to George Clooney's ...