It proclaimed that the "Great American Novel" of so many fond anticipations is only a delusion: that a library is required. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

My colleagues and I felt this way over the past few months as we undertook the challenging, thrilling task of assembling a ...

Any cultural critic can complain, as I did in last weekend’s column, about the lack of creativity in American popular culture ...

The Village Voice reviews two stage versions of "The Great Gatsby" as the original novel approaches its centenary.

We look ahead to Friends of the St. Paul Public Library’s yearlong celebration of the St. Paul native’s masterpiece.

May dreamed of writing the great American novel, but life got in the way. During the holidays, Ward had a tradition of giving away children’s booklets to its stores’ Christmas shoppers.

“Nickel Boys” arrives this winter with a Great American Novel atmosphere overshadowing it. The script is adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Nickel Boys ...