Literature

Writers Must Use Honest Language Or Sex Scenes Will Fall Flat

Sex scenes work when writers embrace desire’s messiness, match diction to character, and reject polite euphemisms and tired clichés.

Thirteen Authors Vie for Baillie Gifford Prize, Winner to Receive £50,000

Thirteen nonfiction books from biography to espionage make the Baillie Gifford longlist. The shortlist is due 1 October and the winner will get

Sheehan's Portraits Reveal Cormac McCarthy at Home in Santa Fe

Beowulf Sheehan photographed Cormac McCarthy at the Santa Fe Institute and at his adobe home, producing intimate portraits and the tale of a

Alix E. Harrow Tops 2026 Hugo Winners At 84th Worldcon In Los Angeles

Alix E. Harrow led the 2026 Hugo winners at the 84th Worldcon in Los Angeles. The awards span novels, short fiction, comics and new writers.

Mario Vargas Llosa's Final Novel - “I Give You My Silence”

Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa's last book is a love letter to Peru, exploring its music and culture through an eccentric hero.

Stop Saying "Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover"

A book cover is more than packaging. It is the reader's first encounter with a story, shaping expectations, preserving cultural identity and proving that design remains one of publishing's most powerful forms of storytelling.

Bret Easton Ellis’s Less Than Zero Loses Many LA Landmarks, Some Still Remain

Much of the 1980s Los Angeles that frames Less Than Zero has vanished, but theaters, clubs, and a few eateries still mark the novel’s geography.