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A brief snapshot biography of the life and works of American Author Henry David Thoreau.

Ernest Hemingway is an American legend, but how much do you know about this important author? Test your knowledge with these Hemingway facts.

Over the years books wirtten by minority authors have repeatedly fallen under the axe. Here is a compilation of the most banned books by minority authors for 1999-2000

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Mark Twain each wrote American classics that firmly establish these writers as America's most important authors.

The young adult novel, Push has been adapted into the movie, Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and will be released in movie theaters in November, 2009.

Bestselling author, Sherman Alexie, gives readers another reason to praise him with his book of short stories, Ten Little Indians.

Thomas Wolfe was an American author whose autobiographical fiction novels drew inspiration from his early days in North Carolina and America during the Depression.

Novelist and playwright whose works inspired numerous adaptations for screen and stage.

Read The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain to understand the Harlem Renaissance writers.

Life and works of writer May Sarton, one of 20th century's best journal-keepers, famous for Journal of a Solitude and Plant Dreaming Deep.

Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of America's greatest early writers. Social and moral responsibility are two recurring themes in Hawthorne's works.

Do the new representations of American Literature have the same strong hold as our beloved "classics" on the literary forefront?

Thomas Wolfe was a great American author whose writing style has been compared to William Faulkner and Jame Joyce.

Although it has a weak ending, Walter Mosley's new novel, The Tempest Tales, poses important questions about religion, race, and the afterlife.

Hurston is best known for Their Eyes Were Watching God, but this controversial author wrote other novels, stories, plays, and more.

Among Algren's other notable books were The Neon Wilderness, A Walk on The Wild Side and Never Come Morning.

Jennifer Finney Boylan, an award-winning author, tells about the ghosts she had to confront, both within and without, as she went from being James to Jennifer.

An overview of the 2008 Nobel Prize winning author, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.

Mary Higgins-Clark has earned the title of America's Queen of Suspense. Her books are world-wide bestsellers, selling over 85 million copies in the United States.

Richard Wright's best-selling novel has influenced generations of African-American authors.

High adventure, survival, coming-of-age and themes of good and evil fill this three-book series by a popular South American author.

Brief biography of American author, dramatist, and short-story writer, Thomas Wolfe, famous for autobiographical novel Of Time and the River and Look Homeward, Angel.

Interested in the human experience, author Willa Cather is perhaps best known for her stories centering around pioneer life in her beloved state of Nebraska.

Dos Passos' unique use of language and perspective created a new style of stream-of-consciousness in American fiction.

Zane Grey uses allegorical references throughout his novel. The personalities and mannerisms of his characters seem to take on the landscape that surrounds them.

Why do people find quotes and wise thoughts by great thinkers so interesting? Words of wisdom can touch the soul, make one think, and create a shift in one's life view.

Aracataca, Colombia -- the boyhood home of Nobel Prize winning Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia-Marquez.

Love the letter Z? Here are some beautiful name choices for a little girl that begin with the last letter.

Three dozen tales of drinking and nihilistic tendencies show Bukowski at a literary high and the inhabitants of the world at a moralistic low.

This beginning novel in the ongoing Duluoz Legend gives a decent glimpse into the brilliance Kerouac would later achieve, but the glimpse arrives unfashionably late.

British actress Anna Friel has the challenging task of taking on the role that Audrey Hepburn so successfully established as her own.

Charles Baudelaire wrote Flowers of Evil in 1857. He also published a series of prose poems entitled Paris Spleen, plus translations of Edgar Allan Poe.

The 2000 census showed that over half a million Mexicans live in Chicago. Learn more about the traditions the city's biggest ethnic group by visiting these exhibits.

Authors and illustrators win them every year! Learn what the Newbery, Caldecott, and other well-known children's book awards mean, and who were the lastest winners.

Diana E. Sheets argues that the publishing industry has made it impossible for great prose to be published and that the Great American Novel of this age cannot be written

Mother's Day: from pagan worship of Mother Earth, Christian devotion of the Virgin Mary and "Mother Church", celebration of our earthly mothers, to commercial holiday.

Understanding how tennis is scored is difficult due to complex rules, but the ideas are actually simple.

Joe Hill is a best-selling American novelist and son of famed horror writer Stephen King. He is best known for his debut novel Heart Shaped Box.

A brief overview of the domestic polydactyl cat.

Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in a nine book series by author Laura Ingalls Wilder. She uses biographical information mixed with fiction.

Las Vegas band The Killers have just released their third album. After the first two where do they go now and do they succeed. In a word...yes.

Looking for a little serenity this holiday season? To promote her new book, New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods created a virtual online holiday oasis.

The briefly meaningful affair between the celebrated poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and writer and critic Floyd Dell.

Author Frances Kroll Ring, Fitzgerald's personal secretary, reveals the famous Jazz Age author's final year and a half, as he attempts to finish The Last Tycoon.

Modern cinema wouldn't exist without him. But as much of an influence as Kurosawa has, the director himself was a disciple of American film, especially westerns.

New Fiction from Mike O'Driscoll, Paul di Fillipo interviewed

Motley's detailed and vibrant works depict 20th century black culture, history, and nightlife, particularly scenes of Chicago.

Testimony is the latest bestseller from award winning author, Anita Shreve. A multiple cast narrate the audiobook, bringing an interesting dimension to the reading.

Life and works of American writer Ayn Rand, famous for her philosophy on objectivism and her best known novels The Fountainhead.

Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "Beloved" is named best American fiction of the past 25 years by the "New York Times"