Wild Woman

Playwright Sarah Ruhl speaks softly and carries a big kick
October 2007 | By Matthew Gurewitsch

Comedienne of Manners

Novelist ZZ Packer uses humor to point up some disconcerting signposts along America's racial divide
October 2007 | By Tessa Decarlo

Mighty Mouth

Spoken-word artist Mayda del Valle brings to life "democracy writ large in poetry"
October 2007 | By Serena Kim

Crossing the Divide

Novelist Daniel Alarcón's writings evoke the gritty, compelling landscape of urban Latin America
October 2007 | By Marie Arana

Have Roots, Will Travel

Like the four generations of Angelenos who preceded her, the best-selling author likes to get around
October 2007 | By Lisa See

Teaming up with Thoreau

One hundred fifty years after the publication of Walden, Henry David Thoreau is helping scientists monitor global warming
October 2007 | By Michelle Nijhuis

Salad Days

Karl Bissinger's 1949 photograph of the author and a few friends at lunch in a Manhattan restaurant garden invokes the optimism of youth
October 2007 | By Gore Vidal

Remembering Jack Kerouac

A friend of the author of "On the Road," published 50 years ago this month, tells why the novel still matters
September 2007 | By Joyce Johnson

Hemingway's Cuba, Cuba's Hemingway

His last personal secretary returns to Havana and discovers that the novelist's mythic presence looms larger than ever
August 2007 | By Valerie Hemingway

Horse Appeal

In this interview, Steve Twomey, author of "Barbaro's Legacy," discusses how interest in the horse extends outside the racetrack
April 01, 2007 | By Amy Crawford

Frost Bite

A recently discovered poem by Robert Frost has brought fame—and controversy—to an English student
March 01, 2007 | By W. Andrew Ewell

Famous Once Again

Longfellow reaches his bicentennial; here's why his poems became perennial
February 2007 | By Nicholas A. Basbanes

Man of the Century

But 100 years after writing his classic memoir, the question about Henry Adams remains: Which century?
December 2006 | By Peter Hellman

Tony Hillerman's Mile-High Multiculturalism

Creator of savvy Native American sleuths, author Tony Hillerman cherished his Southwestern high desert home
December 2006 | By Tony Hillerman

Living With Geese

Novelist and gozzard Paul Theroux ruminates about avian misconceptions, anthropomorphism and March of the Penguins as "a travesty of science"
December 2006 | By Paul Theroux

An Interview with Stephanie Dickey, author of "Rembrandt at 400"

Stephanie Dickey discusses Rembrandt's ambition and what it was like to see the paintings in person
December 01, 2006 | By Amy Crawford

Watching Water Run

Uncomfortable in a world of privilege, a novelist headed for the hills
November 2006 | By Ellen Gilchrist

An Interview with Josh Hammer, Author of "Return to the Marsh"

Ben Block spoke with Josh about Iraq and reporting in dangerous regions of the world.
October 01, 2006 | By Ben Block

To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare

While skeptics continue to question the authorship of his plays, a new exhibition raises doubts about the authenticity of his portraits.
September 2006 | By Doug Stewart

Interview with Louise Erdrich

"A Writer's Beginnings" by Louise Erdrich originally appeared in the August 2006 issue of Smithsonian magazine. Here, Erdrich speaks about notable weather, Wal-Mart and writing.
August 01, 2006 | By Courtney Jordan

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