Category Archives: Novels and Short Stories

Short Stories Remain Alive

As we’ve learned, American authors of short stories were once regarded as less prominent than [...]

Five Under-read World War I Works

In early 1918, the first U.S. soldiers arrived in France to join the Allied forces [...]

Edgar Allan Poe-Themed Tour!

Since October 16, we’ve been giving two Edgar Allan Poe themed tours a day at [...]

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In Their Own Words: John Scalzi

John Scalzi is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of [...]

Losing Battles

In the short history of the United States, there’s arguably no conflict that has impacted [...]

Short and Sweet: The American Short Story

American writers of short stories used to be regarded as less prominent than novelists. In [...]

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John Cheever and the Loneliness of Suburbia

John Cheever, America’s foremost documentarian on the lifeless routines and endless yard maintenance of suburbia, [...]

In Their Own Words: Ana Simo

Ana Simo is the author of a dozen plays, a short feature film, and countless articles. [...]

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In Their Own Words: Kathleen Rooney

Kathleen Rooney is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press, a publisher of literary work [...]

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In Their Own Words: Kate Moore

Kate Moore is the author of The Radium Girls, the first-ever narrative non-fiction account of this [...]

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