Many of our great works of literature are admired rather than read. But which justify the hours spent slogging – and which can be skipped?

In anticipation of the Irish Rep's performance of "The Dead", get to know the intricacies of the short story in this lecture.

The ‘Gabriel’s Moon’ author on which of his 18 novels means the most to him, and the book he once loved obsessively ...

Author Doblin makes no acknowledgment to Maestro Joyce; none is necessary. Like Ulysses, Alexander platz is a many-charactered merry-go-round with one unheroic central figure bobbing through the ...

For 100 years, Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum & Library has been the home of the original manuscript of author James Joyce’s ...

To get an idea of young people’s interest in literature today, try picking up a book on the average English student’s reading ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Historian and author Fergus M. Bordewich will discuss his new book “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the ...

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This default mode is activated during divergent thinking, and researchers believe it plays a key role in our flashes of ...

The Irish city, once home to the likes of James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, is known for its bookstores, libraries and pubs, where writers found inspiration over pints of Guinness.

Colorado cookbook author Allyson Reedy. (Vanessa Mir, Ulysses Press) It’s fake! When it comes time to photograph the recipes for a cookbook, the food becomes merely a prop. Photoshoots were by ...

In anticipation of the Irish Rep's performance of "The Dead", get to know the intricacies of the short story in this lecture.