What’s Eating America
Corn is one of the plant kingdom’s biggest successes. That’s not necessarily good for the United States
Interview: David Roberts, Author of “Below the Rim”
Author David Roberts talks about what he found surprising while exploring the Grand Canyon.
Worlds Apart
Change and constance on sceptered isles
35 Who Made a Difference: Maya Angelou
By singing of her own hardships, she has given strength to others
35 Who Made a Difference: Wendell Berry
A Kentucky poet draws inspiration from the land that sustains him
One Writer’s Garden
In Jackson, Mississippi, preservationists are restoring the verdant retreat that sustained novelist Eudora Welty
Walden’s Ripple Effect
One hundred fifty years after its publication, Henry David Thoreau’s meditation remains the ultimate self-help book
Seeing Sylvia Plath
A new movie rekindles curiosity about the poet’s life, love and suicide at age 30
Keeping Up with Mark Twain
Berkeley researchers toil to stay abreast of Samuel Clemens’ enormous literary output, which appears to continue unabated
Land Shark
In his noir satires, novelist and eco-warrior Carl Hiaasen ravages those who dare to desecrate
Still Ahead of His Time
Born 200 years ago this month, Ralph Waldo Emerson had some strange ideas about the natural world. Recent research suggests they might even be true
Growing Up Maya Angelou
The famed writer discusses her childhood, her writing and the importance of family
Southern Comfort
Traveling back roads, brothers Matt and Ted Lee track down authentic foods for mail-order customers hankering after a taste of the Deep South
Betting on Seabiscuit
Laura Hillenbrand beat the odds to write the hit horse-racing saga while fighting chronic fatigue syndrome, a disorder starting to reveal its secrets
Prince of Tides
Before “ecology” became a buzzword, John Steinbeck preached that man is related to the whole thing
Writer of the Purple Prose
Zane Grey went West, fell in love with the desert and redefined the modern cowboy novel
Zora Neale Hurston: Out of Obscurity
Both praised and scorned in her day, this flamboyant writer of the Harlem Renaissance is attracting new generations of literary fans
A Noble and Absurd Undertaking
The Federal Writers’ Project gave Depression-era writers a second chance…and America its first comprehensive self-portrait
The Life and Resurrection of Alexandre Dumas
The grandson of a Haitian slave, he became the most famous author in France; now, his rousing Romantic novels are enjoying renewed popularity
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