Created by Todd Zuniga, Elizabeth Koch, and Dennis DiClaudio – the forces behind the phenomenal literary journal Opium –, Literary Death Match has posed more threats to the established ethos of literary readings since its founding in 2006 than perhaps any other reading series in the history of th
A MacArthur-certified genius, George Saunders explores, through his fiction and non-fiction, the commonplace perversities, absurdities, and disarmingly naïve sweetness that undergirds much of American society. He is one of the few contemporary writers who has gained distinction both for the acuity
After having published two novels by 1958, John Barth sat in front of a fireplace for two years, without moving or budging or repositioning himself for comfort; when asked what he was doing, the young man would respond, "Thinking." Come the end of this lengthy meditative period, a novel named "The