The New York Times

With the Nobel Prize in Literature, Greatness Is Not the Same as Popularity

As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the pantheon, our critic asks: Is greatness overrated? Critic’s Notebook As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the ...
Psychology Today

What Is Lost When Literature Is Not Taught in Our Schools?

Recently, whenever I reference the titles of literary classics in my English courses, I am usually met with blank stares. Many college-age students have never read or studied these works of literature ...
The New York Times

What Can Literature Teach Us About Forgiveness?

American fiction has always grappled with sin, atonement and mercy. In the second installment of an essay series on literature and faith, Ayana Mathis examines what we can learn from forgiveness.

Does Mississippi have the best literature on the planet? Author makes the case in new book

Josh Clark and Judy Long get to the bottom of how a state historically limited in resources can have such scholarship and ...
The Conversation

Patrick White was the first Australian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature – 50 years later, is he still being read?

Reuben Mackey does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...