Wat hebben onder andere The White Stripes, Amy Winehouse, Janelle Monáe en Katy Perry gemeen? Juist, allemaal zijn ze ontdekt op het South by Southwest Festival. Daarmee kun je...

These 18 wonderful short stories by Eleanor H. Porter, the author of Pollyanna, deal with those marvelous and maddeningly frustrating creatures: human beings. As always, Porter...

Three fellow travelers on a train enter into a discussion concerning what they would call an indiscreet letter. The discussion, albeit short, produces some rather interesting...

In a small town far out West, 11 year old Pollyanna loses her mother then her dad to disease. This book describes how the orphan is sent to be raised by her aunt who lives far...

Melville wrote of some of his earliest experiences at sea in the story of Wellingborough Redburn, a wet-behind-the-ears youngster whose head was filled with dreams of foreign...

At the opening to this second sequel to Miss Billy (Miss Billy, Miss Billys Decision, Miss Billy Married), we find Bertram and Billy finally at the altar. Will wedded bliss ensue...

Eve Edgarton is not who she seems she is. A short encounter with Mr. Barton show that first impressions are not always right or indicative of ones seemingly obvious preference or...

Carl Stanton is an invalid suffering from an unusual bout of rheumatism. His fiancee is gone for the winter and though he begs her to write to help ease his boredom and pain she...

Eleanor Catton, the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize, discusses her winning book, and what it's like to win the most prestigious prize in literature.

Call me Ishmael is one of the most famous opening lines in American literature. With these words, opens one of the strangest and most gripping stories ever written about the sea...