Harry Potter is the literary phenomenon of the past century, and while our society has had no difficulty celebrating J.K. Rowling’s work, the literary community has been somewhat slower in figuring ...

Harry Potter is the literary phenomenon of the past century, and while our society has had no difficulty celebrating J.K. Rowling’s work, the literary community has been somewhat slower in figuring ...

Ideas and themes once found only in science fiction are now a staple of films and novels. But not all writers dipping into the genre want to be associated with it. Rick Kleffel of member station KUSP ...

Much to the surprise of the world outside Europe, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2008. Described as an “author of new departures, poetic adventure and ...

Build your reading list with our weekly Books newsletter. Sign up today. Norwegian writer Torbjorn Ekelund’s new book is called In Praise of Paths, but in it he returns several times to our habit of ...