The secrets of writing about love -- for a price.
For this special issue, a range of scholars chose the books that inspire them most.
A brilliant novel tells the tale of an avant-garde composer accused of bioterrorism.
An essay about South Africa by Jonny Steinberg and a story about dying by David Gates are among the highlights of the winter issue.
Collection of short stories is expected to appear in September.
Harlequin plans to release the book in 2015.
The new issue of the Virginia Review Quarterly contains a version of the U.S. Poet Laureate’s speech at the Library of Congress.
REVIEW | The rambling testimony of a depressed scientist presents a puzzle that’s not worth solving.
After 12 years on the Mall, the Library of Congress event is moving to the D.C. convention center.
After 12 years on the Mall, the National Book Festival is moving to the Washington Convention Center.
In a bleak, future America, a young woman strikes out to find her lover.
They survived Sierra Leone’s civil war, but can they rebuild their lives?
Bruce Wagner and Roland Merullo present two very different novels on the challenges of spiritual devotion.
A depressed Iraq War vet looks for an apartment — and a plot.
Slate’s podcast about language has returned to the Web.
The euphemisms fall away as the language grows coarser.
This gigantic photo book of the planets and stars comes with a collection of related video clips.
A new edition from the Folio Society, with an introduction by Michael Dirda, reminds us of a pleasures of a well-made book.
The Maryland novelist says the provocative scene judges mocked isn’t so absurd in context.
“City of Devi” impresses judges with a m nage trois during a nuclear crisis.