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Many of readers here at LT are aspiring authors.  Many of you are working on that first novel, and once you’re finished, you dream of reaping the rewards of fame and money like J.D. Salinger, J.K. Rowling, Stephen […]

Just this past week, Nobel laureate Derek Walcott won Britain’s most prestigious award for poetry, the TS Eliot prize.  He won for his poetry collection White Egrets, which meditates on aging and dying.

White […]

Harry Potter is a phenomenon.  We all know that.  Even though J.K. Rowling put out her last Harry Potter book a while ago, readers still love him and want to believe in Harry and his magical powers.  His world is […]

Black History Month is finally here.  And we’re celebrating it by highlighting all of our articles about African American writers.  We’ll also be throwing in a couple Caribbean writers and an article on Ghana, so […]

Black History Month continues with Faith Ringgold, renown artist and author of the children’s classic Tar Beach.  Ringgold grew up in the Depression era in Harlem in the 1930s. As a young girl, she saw the […]

Who embodies the Harlem Renaissance more than any other writer?  Langston Hughes, of course.  This black poet created not only inspirational poetry, but poetry that is cool. Langston’s poem “Harlem” (more […]

As a black woman who was coming of age in the early part of the 20th century, it was hard for Nella Larsen to understand where she fit.  Her mother was of Danish descent, a white woman, and her biological father […]

Our latest article, Jim Morrison & Lipstick Kisses at Oscar Wilde’s Pere-Lachaise, is very rock-n-roll.  Wilde was flamboyant, fun-loving and ostentatious, so why not be buried in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, […]

Harlem is a place that is so closely imbued in the hearts of Americans everywhere.  Even tourists from around the world come to see the streets of Harlem, a once Mecca to the black artist, including the black […]

He’s the guy wearing the fedora.  He’s the guy who looks black, but actually comes from an extensive history of Jewish Eastern Europeans.  He’s also the guy who explores American black culture in his mystery […]

There’s a part of black history that no one likes to talk about; however, without this history we would not have insightful literary black voices, narratives and stories passed down from generation to generation.  […]

Of course, this is Black History Month at LT, and we’ve been honoring African American writers.  But we’d like to change it up a bit and honor a literary tradition and writer that come from the exquisite continent […]

Anne Frank is a legend.

But is she a historical legend or a literary legend?  That’s the question literary expert Francine Prose tackles in her book entitled Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife.  […]

We’ve celebrated African American and African writers, so now it’s time to look to the Caribbean.  Usually, people think of palm trees, flawless beaches, aqua waters and beach-side resorts.  The Caribbean islands […]

Colin Firth is certainly a handsome brooder.  He’s made his mark on literary television when he played the always brooding Mr. Darcy in the BBC miniseries of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.  For those of […]

Karl Marx is a controversial figure.  Some people grimace with the mention of his name while others celebrate his contributions to political history.  Marxism was a political ideology that swept through Europe and […]

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a short story worth remembering.  I won’t ruin the ending for you if you haven’t read it … but it’s quite frankly one of the most memorable and bizarre endings in literary […]

Oh, Brazil.  We all want to go there.  The beaches of paradise, the beautiful people, the hot sand between our toes.  But Brazil offers more than fun and sun.  In fact, it’s downright literary.  There is a great […]

St. Patty’s Day is on the way.  Although it’s only a small, religious celebration in Ireland, we Americans know how to take a holiday and turn it into debauchery and fun!  All this week, in honor of St. Patrick’s […]

William Butler Yeats is not only a Nobel Prize winner, but he’s also  a major figure in the literary revival of Ireland during the 20th century.  Yeats brought his own unique style and lyrical quality to every […]