A to Z Writers

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus isn't just a gothic horror story. It's a blueprint for understanding our relationship with the technology we're building right now.

There's a genius in the cozy mystery: it gives you the delicious pleasure of a puzzle while politely declining to ruin your afternoon.

Born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell in 1903 in Neuilly, France, to a Cuban composer father and a classically trained singer mother, she became...

Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind is the rare novel that arrived like a thunderclap and never quite stopped echoing. Published in 1936, it became an instant phenomenon,...

My birthday is on May 18th, which is a wonderfully ordinary date for an allegedly extraordinary event. It lands on the calendar with all the theatrical flair of...

Lady Macbeth arrives onstage like a woman who has already filed the paperwork for power. She is sharp, commanding, and uninterested in any romantic notion that morality should...

Have you ever encountered someone who tells you a story that reveals more about themselves than they intended? Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" presents us with one of...

Have you ever wondered what Gertrude and Lady Macbeth might have posted on social media for Mother's Day? While that's an amusing thought, these two iconic maternal figures...

Have you ever wondered what makes a good book into an Oprah's Book Club selection? When Douglas Stuart's latest masterpiece landed on Oprah Winfrey's coveted reading list, it...

If Jane Austen were dropped into the modern dating scene, she would not panic. She would not, perhaps, even blink. After all, she spent her literary career documenting...