A Writer's Desk

In the "Wow, I didn't think they'd ever make a musical of that" department: The Diary of Anne Frank: The Musical and... Th...

Sean Dodson at the Guardian Unlimited lists the best bookstores in the world, including Porto, Portugal's Livraria Lello (pictured abov...

I don't know if you've been following the news but the Writers Guild of America is on strike . Of course you've noticed! Instead...

Fox Searchlight Pictures is letting you download for free several great movie scripts, including Waitress , The Darjeeling Limited , and Ju...

AbeBooks discusses authors with tattoos, authors writing about tattoos, and other literate tattoo topics. Not mentioned in the story, howev...

How cool is this? DailyBits has compiled seventeen graphic novels that are downloadable and free .

This sounds like a hoot. If you're in the Seattle area, why not check out the Salon of Shame ? What is it? Seattleites stand before you ...

Alternative Reel has a couple of literary-themed lists to take a look at. a) The Top Ten Drunk American Writers (which includes Charles Buk...

Washington's governor, Christine Gregoire, is going to tear down the Viaduct before 2012. Which got me to thinking about a story I wrot...

A great writer writing about a great politician. Jonathan Raban writes for The Guardian. The subhead: Barack Obama wooed Iowa with his lang...

Do you ever think about those people who compile the indexes for non-fiction books? Me either. But at More Intelligent Life, there's an ...

We all know that reading is good for the soul. But for the body, too? The Guardian investigates the rise of bibliotherapy .

So, you love Fight Club but you don't want to say so in the company of strangers at a party because you have no idea how to say Chuck ...

Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul and shows to people these secrets which are common to all. - Leo Tolst...

It ain't gonna' be easy, says The Independent . Excerpts from the story: So will fiction ever make a writer rich? No. No. A thousand...

Smithsonian Magazine has a story about the correspondence between Van Gogh and a protege. I remember when me and my wife went to the Nation...

Reporters without Borders reports that there were 86 journalists killed in 2007. That's up 244% in the last five years. The reason? Of ...

USA Today highlights the books you should be reading these coming dark cold months. Also, not to be outdone, The Millions looks at forthcom...

For those of you who may not know, I have a fascination with all things D.B. Cooper related. I wrote a play (that has yet to be produced) ca...