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Jhumpa Lahiri.

Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri, otherwise known as Jhumpa Lahiri, first came to prominence with her award-winning 1999 debut, the short story collection 'Interpreter of Maladies.' Here's what you need to know about 'The Namesake' author.

Jane Alexander


Charles Bukowski on "Apostrophes"  French Talk Show

The late, great American writer Henry Charles Bukowski, Jr. was once called the “human embodiment of a raised middle finger”—an analogy that Bukowski would probably have welcomed, or possibly even written about himself. Here's what you should know.

Ali Parr






There are around 2.5 million used, new, and rare books housed inside New York City's multiple Strand Bookstore locations.

In honor of Independent Bookstore Day, we've picked the best bookshop in every state—plus a few others we loved. Did your favorite make the list?

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Admont Abbey Library in Admont, Austria is the largest monastic library in the world.

Libraries are a reader’s best friend. In honor of National Library Week, here are 25 things you might not know about these hallowed halls of book worship.

Jake Rossen








William Shakespeare's First Folio.

Officially titled 'Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies,' the more than 900-page tome collected together 36 of the Renaissance writer’s plays for the first time.

Lorna Wallace
Mary Wollstonecraft.

Mary Wollstonecraft broke new ground in the battle for women’s rights with the publication of 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'—but there's far more to her legacy than just one book.

Jane Alexander








Colson Whitehead, Jhumpa Lahiri, and John Updike are among the novelists who have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

The authors on the list are just a few whose novels have nabbed the prestigious prize since it began being awarded in 1918. 

Erin McCarthy