Bookworm

Emma Donoghue found the San Francisco she uncovered while researching for her novel far more modern than the Dublin she grew up in a century later.

Lorrie Moore's darkly humorous stories follow middle-aged men and women in states of lonely desperation trapped by the absurdities of their everyday lives.

Dustin Long speaks of the disappointment his generation has grown to expect at having prepared for a  life that isn't there.

Love can become a false Eden. Michelle Huneven's protagonist retreats to the Sierras to write her dissertation but upon accepting a lover begins to dwell in their affair.

Irish author John Banville has written a new novel under his crime-fiction pseudonym, Benjamin Black, and in the guise of Raymond Chandler.

Robert Bly and Marion Woodman &quotThe; Maiden King" (Holt) Why do fairy tales, legends and myths continue to transmit wisdom? Poet Bly and analyst Woodman interpret a Russian fairy tale

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (Ballantine)

Northern Lights The playwright discusses, and performs from, his new work.

The Last Station

Originally from Beijing, Yiyun Li thought she would be a scientist. Writing in her non-native English, she addresses the emotional brutality of our time.