When we hear the names of writers, we usually think of their work first and not of the people who wrote them. But it doesn't change the fact that these authors existed and had full-blown lives that ...

Contrary to our romanticized notions, writers don’t just sit around all day, drink coffee and Scotch, and wait for inspiration to strike. Like any other job, they have to be disciplined and productive ...

Boston is the birthplace of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Frost, Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, Sylvia Plath, and countless other authors of note at one time or another ...

There's a stereotype woven throughout literary history, and that is the idea of the tortured and boozy writer. From the smoky cafes of Paris to the raucous New York speakeasies of the Jazz Age, the ...

Writers usually become famous for the words they publish. But sometimes they have so much style, they're known for their fashion sense, too. A new book celebrates 50 of the most memorably stylish ...