Literature

The library has now made available online four million digital images from its collection of rare manuscripts, newspapers and other materials.

Mohsin Hamid and Francine Prose debate literature's influence on politics. ...read more

Paul Fischer's elaborately complicated book delves into the North Korean dictator's grand passion for the film industry. ...read more

Paul Fischer's elaborately complicated book delves into the North Korean dictator's grand passion for the film industry. ...read...

In his debut novel, Elliot Ackerman, a veteran of five tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, conveys the toll of war on ordinary...

In his debut novel, Elliot Ackerman, a veteran of five tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, conveys the toll of war on ordinary...

Mr. Levine's work was vibrantly, angrily and often painfully alive with the sound, smell and sinew of heavy manual labor.

Mr. Levine's work was vibrantly, angrily and often painfully alive with the sound, smell and sinew of heavy manual labor. ...

Mr. Levine's spare, ironic poems of the industrial heartland evoked the drudgery and hardships of working-class life in America. ...read...

Mr. Levine's spare, ironic poems of the industrial heartland evoked the drudgery and hardships of working-class life in America.