Recent Contributions

• Kurt Vonnegut would have turned 100 today — his war novels are relevant as ever
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• Nat King Cole remains 'one of the great gifts of nature'
• The poet of Minnesota, Vietnam and mythical men
• New biography chronicles Bing Crosby's most beloved years
• Tom Wolfe, best-selling author and genre-breaking journalist, dies at 88
• If Thoreau were alive, he'd be 'shouting from the rafters,' biographer says
• Derek Walcott, who wrote of Caribbean beauty and bondage, dies at 87
• Why it took 'Forrest Gump' author nearly 20 years to write a new novel
• Jim Harrison, 'Legends of the Fall' author, dies at 78