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Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend

New Yorker writer Susan Orlean tells the larger-than-life story behind canine movie star Rin Tin Tin.
Man With a Pan

Stories from dads who cook, by fathers from Mario Batali to Stephen King.
A Voice from Old New York

Louis Auchincloss shares glimpses of his remarkable life – both as a writer and a highly privileged New Yorker.
Classic review: The Help

A young white woman kicks up a storm when she decides to interview the black maids in her Mississippi town.
Mad World

Paula Byrne's engaging ‘partial’ bio of Evelyn Waugh focuses on his relationship with the family who inspired "Brideshead Revisited."
Chapter & Verse
Louis Auchincloss: "Last of the Old Guard"

Prolific writer and close class observer Louis Auchincloss dies at the age of 92.
A Good Fall

A dozen engrossing, visceral tales about the difficulties faced by Chinese immigrants in America.
The Maples Stories

John Updike’s 18 stories charting the marriage and divorce of Joan and Richard Maples.
Chapter & Verse
To Obama, Crowley, Gates: 'Please, let some good come out of this'
My Father's Tears

This final collection of short stories from John Updike makes a fitting coda to his career.
The Help

A young white woman decides to interview the black maids in her hometown.
The Wordy Shipmates

Sarah Vowell offers her witty take on the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
"Lost in Uttar Pradesh"

A collection of short stories about those who "take a peek at the world."
Chapter & Verse
A virtual date with David Sedaris
The frisky art of Cynthia Ozick

In four lively tales, Ozick takes a playful route to serious points.
The frisky art of Cynthia Ozick

In four lively tales, Ozick takes a playful route to serious points.
Young and post-modern in NYC

A witty new voice from the frontlines of single, working women.
Young and post-modern in NYC

A witty new voice from the frontlines of single, working women.
The thrilling woes of that thing called 'love story'

'My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead' compiles 27 stories by respected writers for one-stop reading on amour.
Chapter & Verse
Life in the Celtic Tiger
Ireland with egg on its face

In a collection of short stories, Roddy Doyle captures the cultural collision between new immigrants and old habits.
Chapter & Verse
‘I don’t like short stories’