Topic: Saul Bellow

Chapter & Verse Don DeLillo becomes first writer to receive the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

Don DeLillo, who has been called 'chief shaman of the paranoid school of American fiction,' is the author of works that include 'White Noise' and 'Underworld.'

Saul Bellow's Heart

Greg Bellow's memoir of life as Saul Bellow's son offers unique insights into the author and the man.

Portrait Inside My Head

Phillip Lopate reflects on baseball, Brooklyn, and a mixed bag of other topics in his new collection of essays.

Philip Roth: 10 quotes on his birthday

10 quotes on Philip Roth's 79th birthday.

Christopher Hitchens: 'God is not great' - but bookmobiles are

Author and staunch atheist Christopher Hitchens died yesterday, Vanity Fair reported. How did the man who could write on everything begin his life of learning? The bookmobile – a vital entity now in danger of becoming obsolete. Hitchens' mind was a testament to their ongoing necessity.

Syrian poet Adonis leads the pack in betting for 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature winner

Thomas Pynchon is the American author closest to top, but still considered a long shot with odds of 16 to 1.

Saul Bellow: Letters

Saul Bellow’s letters may not be stylistic gems – but they reveal much about the man who wrote them.

Sarah Palin: 'Going Rogue,' making dough

Sarah Palin begins a media blitz to support her new book, 'Going Rogue,' with an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show Monday. It's part of a money-making plan that's rather traditional for a politician who likes to be anything but ordinary.

Becoming Americans

Selections from 85 immigrants tell what it means to become an American.

The Food of a Younger Land

How America used to eat.

Would another Depression make us more creative?

New Lives

A novel in letters offers a lens on the reunification of Germany.