1. Lonesome Dove at 30

    Frank Beaver examines how one TV miniseries re-imagined the American cowboy.

  2. In defense of writing

    Nicholas Delbanco explains why the pen is mightier than the sword — not to mention the spoken word.

  3. Summer book-busters

    Frank Beaver gives an update on summer reads bound for silver screens.

  4. The writers' workshop

    Creativity soars when novice and novelist give and take, says Nicholas Delbanco

  5. Edmund White, BA '62.

    Pride and publishing

    As a gay youth, Edmund White, BA ’62, bemoaned the dearth of books that reflected his experience. So, he wrote his own. Today he holds the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction.

  6. The welcome table

    New James Baldwin bios inspire personal memories of the writer, host.

  7. A moment's thought?

    Most writing that appears seamless likely has been stitched, unstitched, and stitched again.

  8. Promise and delivery

    Nicholas Delbanco celebrates award-winning U-M authors, some of whom transformed creative writing theses into best-selling books.

  9. A different drum

    Visionary, iconoclast, eccentric. What does ‘original’ really mean — and from where does originiality originate?

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