A Writer's Desk

First Book, an organization that provides new books to children in need (they have distributed more than 60 million free and low cost books ...

A mural has been created by Elena Climent. Titled “At Home With Their Books,” it depicts works and workplaces of six writers, using authent...

Is it Uncle Funny Bunny and Chumpy? Cartoon Brew thinks yes .

Zombie. Haiku.

Writers agree that pens are mightier than swords. And apparently, tyrants and despots agree that jails are mightier than pens. Neatorama lis...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. - Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

China View discusses the Chinese governments latest efforts to restore their cultural heritage. From the story... China has launched a sche...

Why is the famed short story writer's legacy growing? The Telegraph looks into it, twenty years after Carver's death.

"The Mood of the Day," a chamber piece based on the poetry of Greek poet George Seferis :

To read books . From the story... To promote reading as a "manly" activity, organisers have invited fathers and their sons to an e...

Ann Patchett, author of the wondrous Bel Canto , describes for The Atlantic , the author book tour.

Care of Dartmouth College .

A library patron recently challenged a book, Uncle Bobby's Wedding , that was at their local library. A librarian responded thoughtfull...

The Christian Science Monitor visits the world of academia as it relates to the Silver Surfer. The subhead reads, Comic figures gain new ac...

The Chicago Tribune strolls along with read-walkers . From the small story... "I feel pretty protected," Akre says of her read-wal...

Danny Fingeroth, for The Guardian lists the Top Ten graphic novels, ever (including, pictured above, Harvey Pekar's The Quitter ).

NPR gives a few top choices for books exploring the literary green.

The list, according to Rotten Tomatoes .

Care for the books of Christina Rossetti? G.K. Chesterton? Rudyard Kipling (pictured above)? Oscar Wilde? George Eliot? Joseph Sheridan Le F...

T-shirts can be had. Wear what you read! Your favorite author is on one side, a quote of theirs is on the other. Dostoyevsky's shirt re...