Alzheimer's murder mystery wins medical lit prize

A thriller told from the perspective of an Alzheimer's-afflicted murder suspect has won the medical-themed Wellcome Trust Book Prize, organizers said Wednesday.

Works of Nobel literature winner Transtromer

A partial list of works by Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in literature:

Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1960

Winners of the Nobel Prize in literature since 1960:

Excerpts from the Nobel literature prize citation

Excerpts from the Swedish Academy's citation awarding the 2011 Nobel Prize in literature to Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer "because, through his condensed, transluscent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."

Literature Nobel goes to Sweden's best-known poet

The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to a psychologist who used his spare time to craft sparsely written poems about the mysteries of everyday life — commuting to work, watching the sun rise or waiting for nightfall.

Nobel jurors hire foreign experts to broaden views

The Nobel literature jury has hired more experts to review work by authors writing in non-European languages in an attempt to broaden the scope of the prize, its spokesman said Tuesday.

Nobel literature juror in RI denies prize biases

The Swedish panel that awards the Nobel Prize for Literature isn't biased toward European writers or against American writers, a member of the panel said Wednesday.

New book asks whether literature still matters

"The Use and Abuse of Literature" (Pantheon Books), by Marjorie Garber: In an age that prizes short bursts of electronic information, Harvard English professor Marjorie Garber asks whether literature still matters. As might be expected of someone who has spent her career teaching Shakespeare to undergraduates, she answers with a resounding "yes."

Achaari, Alem win Arabic fiction prize

Moroccan author Mohammed Achaari and Saudi Arabian writer Raja Alem will share this year's International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

NYC subway service ads replace poetry, literature

Not long ago, a subway rider who'd had a particularly tough day at work found herself staring up at the ads inside her subway car, where one of the placards featured a poignant literary quote.

Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize

Mario Vargas Llosa, the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, has never found much honor in boundaries.

Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday as the academy honored one of the Spanish-speaking world's most acclaimed authors and an outspoken political activist who once ran for president in his tumultuous homeland.

Excerpts from the Nobel literature prize citation

Excerpts from the Swedish Academy's citation awarding the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature to Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt and defeat."

Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1960

Winners of the Nobel Prize in literature since 1960:

Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world, a man of letters who also braved the violence and political divisions of his homeland to run for president, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.

Nobel jury picks literature prize winner

The Swedish Academy has selected the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature and will announce the decision next week after a formal vote, the panel's spokesman said Friday.

George Washington, Poe auction records set in NYC

A letter by George Washington has sold for $3,218,500 at auction in New York City, setting a world record for a letter by America's first president, according to Christie's.

German winners of the Nobel literature prize

Herta Mueller is the 10th German to win the Nobel Prize in literature. Here is a list of German writers who have received the award.

Works of Herta Mueller

A partial list of books by Herta Mueller, winner Thursday of the 2009 Nobel Prize for literature:

Excerpts from the Nobel literature prize citation

Excerpts from the Swedish Academy's citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature to Herta Mueller of Germany.

Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1960

Winners of the Nobel Prize in literature since 1960:

Nobel lit prize goes to little-known European

The judges, apparently, could not help themselves.

Canadian author protests Dubai fest, won't attend

Canadian author Margaret Atwood has pulled out of an international Dubai literary festival after organizers banned a forthcoming novel by a British author because it contains references to homosexuality.

British author says she is banned from Dubai event

A British author said Monday she has been banned from a Dubai literary festival because her forthcoming novel contains references to homosexuality.

Betting makes Nobel literature jury suspect leak

A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature — leading the award jury to suspect a leak.

Paul Fussell, the wide-ranging, stingingly opinionated literary scholar and cultural critic whose admiration for Samuel Johnson, Kingsley Amis and the Boy Scout Handbook was balanced against his withering scorn for the romanticization of war, the predominance of televisi …

If you are new to marijuana use and especially if you have never used marijuana, this book is an invaluable little reference that will give you the honest low down on the essential information you need to know.   Needless to say, it also makes a great gift for anyone curious …

Limerick for Durban

[*Note: This is a poem--first effort--written by a friend. He says it just "occurred". Maybe he's a better musician than a poet. Only feedback will tell. -- GP] The west is raping our mama There is no help from Obama The Africans cry Two degrees & we'll fry Let us all pray fo …

If the pen is indeed mightier than the sword, should supporters of the Second Amendment be concerned?  Should authors be wary of how many characters they kill off?

Reasons why literature is so important in life.

  For the living memory of Alberti, Miguel and Neruda• May 21 - 27 International Poetry Festival in Havana Madeleine Sautié Rodríguez "We call upon the world’s poetry festivals to join a powerful poetic action on May 22 to pay tribute to these imm …

The old Sephardic surname “Sassoon” was shared by two Englishmen who had little in common other than their good looks, their military valor, their love of sport, their glory in separate spheres, and their longevity. For me, however, they had a meaningful rela …

She lay in her bed, sick from diphtheria, restless and raving with a high fever.  Henry Robinson peered at his wife Isabella and then bent his head closer to try to decipher her delirious mutterings. He caught the gasped-out names of . . . men! …

1936: Ernest Hemingway [Clive Owen] falls under the spell of the beautiful novelist and assured magazine writer Martha Gellhorn [Nicole Kidman] when he first meets her in Sloppy Joe’s, a bar in Key West, Fla.

Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak contemplates the complexity of children and the simplicity of Newt Gingrich.  

One hundred years of African intellectual activism Naledi Pandor Address by the South African Minister of Science and Technology at the Archie Mafeye memorial lecture. It is no accident that the founding leaders of post-colonial African countries - men like Nkrumah, Nyerere, M …

18 Questions With the Author Chris Corkum

I met Chris last year at my first live reading for HomoCentric at Stories Bookstore in Silver Lake. I saw him again at the West Hollywood Book Fair in October, where we both read for HomoCentric again. I recently did my third reading for HomoCentric (I hope Hank appreciates this …

With Morning Comes Mistfall

I'm rereading a book I remember really liking, "A Song for Lya and Other Stories," by George R.R. Martin.  I just finished the first story, called "With Morning Comes Mistfall."  It's about the human need for knowledge, versus the need for some mystery in …

People who read e-books on tablets like the iPad are realizing that while a book in print or on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive, a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience, or stop it in its tracks. E-mail lurks ta …

Cuba Sets a Global Example for the Achievements of Socialism by Prof. Peter Phillips

American Dreams: 1912, ‘The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man’ In the second installment of the American Dreams series, Nathaniel Rich reads a seminal African-American novel about crossing the color line, The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man by James Weldon Jo …

The First Line from Famous Writings...

Because I am interested in the way things begin: the good, the bad, the ugly.... - It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. - George Orwell, 1984 - 124 was spiteful. - Toni Morrison, Beloved - You better not never tell nobody but God.

by Shahaeen Sultan Dhanji - 'Lil' Ma'am Child-Bride'

(friends, this small contribution is an agony to witness a child-bride being sold to a tribal man thrice her age in various countries, practice is often referred as ” Child-Bride” in tribal systems…ssd)    Lil’ Ma’am, for you dreams were c …

"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl..."

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a book that was published in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs using the pen name "Linda Brent" which tells the story of her real life as a slave and how she ultimately removed herself from it's grip.  This brilliant narrative was a life-changi …

  International Year for People of African Descent in Cuban culture Reina Magdariaga CUBA welcomed the International Year for People of African Descent, declared by the United Nations, with an intense program throughout 2011. According to UN Resolution 64/169, the year  …

On the publication of the 21st Dalziel and Pascoe novel in 2007, an interviewer asked Reginald Hill if this was his 48th published novel to date. Hill replied: "That sounds very reasonable.

When historians come to write about the digital transformation currently engulfing the book-publishing world, they will almost certainly refer to Amanda Hocking, writer of paranormal fiction who in the past 18 months has emerged from obscurity to bestselling status entirely und …

An Update on that Ridiculous 10,000,000 Word Sentence

After a late start and a change of topic, I have managed to get to about 5,500 words in about five days and have discovered that I can actually write a little over 1,000 words in an hour.

Whodunit? A final mystery surrounding the work of film legend Alfred Hitchcock— what triggered the crazed bird flocks that helped inspire his 1963 thriller The Birds— appears solved by scientists. Dying and disoriented seabirds rammed themselves into homes across C …

“The court now understands,” Mr.