Writers
Behind the Lines: Role Models
Our writers explore new worlds in time and space
Silk Robes and Cell Phones
Three decades after Frances FitzGerald won a Pulitzer Prize for Fire in the Lake, her classic work on Vietnam, she returned with photojournalist Mary Cross
October Surprise
Any other year, giving reactionary author V. S. Naipaul a Nobel Prize would have sparked debate
No Place Like Home
Guidebook writer John Thompson discovers a under-appreciated get-away - at the end of his own driveway
Editor at Large
Editor Alexis Doster, gets his pants scared off at summer camp.
The World According to Wells
Best-known for sci-fi classics like The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells became one of the most controversial writers of his day
His Heart Was in the Highlands
Robert Burns' fierce pride, penetrating wit and perfect ear for language gave Scotlandand the worldan imperishable legacy of poetry and song
Log-o-phil-ia Is Addictive
WARNING: Words fill Anu Garg's dreams, and waking hours too. He shares his favorites on the Web with thousands
Andrew Carroll: Man of Letters
From poetry to war correspondence, this 31-year-old has been spreading words with a missionary's zeal
An American in Bourron-Marlotte
When they moved here in 1976, the author and his wife thought they knew all about the French. How wrong they were
The Amazing Author of Oz
Evergreen at 100 years old, L. Frank Baum's fable of Dorothy and the wonderful wizard keeps his memory alive with movie fans and readers the world over
Afloat with Fly Boats and Leggers
Enthusiasts are rediscovering the vast system of narrow canals that connects England's byways and backways
The Man Who Dreamed Up Madeline
A dashing nonconformist himself, Ludwig Bemelmans conferred a winning waywardness on his headstrong heroine
Signs of the Times
Autographs of luminaries from Lincoln to Liberace feed the yen for nostalgia and a brush with fame
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