Literature

A Brick-and-Mortar Amazon Store?; Jonathan Franzen's Love Letter to Edith Wharton

6 Feb 2012

Today in publishing and literature: The company is rumored to be opening a "small boutique" store in Seattle later this year, Jonathan Franzen praises The House of Mirth author in a very long New Yorker essay, and more hand-wringing about the popularity of "genre fiction" on e-readers.

Saudi- Literature conference set to counter terrorism

6 Feb 2012

(MENAFN - Arab News) Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University will organize a conference on literature to counter terrorism on Tuesday. The conference will be held under the auspices of ...

Wislawa Szymborska: Poet who won the 1996 Nobel Prize for Literature

5 Feb 2012

Wislawa Szymborska was Poland's first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.