2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (657+ words) Exclusive: Author asked to remove reference to his "Jewish-Irishness" from book jacket of The Catcher in the Rye He was a reclusive author, who revealed little about himself or the inspiration for his 1951 masterpiece The Catcher in the Rye. Now…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1233+ words) Two recent books about Morrison attempt to make sense of her legacy as a writer, editor and thinker on Black life When I think of Toni Morrison's novels, I often think of the poet Lucille Clifton's response to Gorilla, My…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (986+ words) Don't be fooled by the A-Z treatment " this thoroughgoing guide asks deep questions about the art of autobiography'I've had a life and I've also had a life as a life writer: Blake Morrison opens his tour d'horizon of arguably literature's…...