We begin walking with a few steps, not a mountain climb. So, it seems logical that teachers of reading should start with shorter texts before longer texts, right? Perhaps. Small children start with ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

This year’s “Best American Short Stories” collection features New England-based editors, authors, literary journals, and ...

How is it possible that an acclaimed twentieth-century master of the English short story, whose work was loved and admired by critics and writers as different and as demanding as Ford Madox Ford, ...

This anthology is the result of a long engagement with literature from the Northeast. And yet, it would not have been possible without the many people who helped me, including the writers who ...

Spooky season is here and with it comes the desire to soak in all things horror. There are plenty of horror movies and novels to read this October, but if you’re looking for something a bit less ...

Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi’s bimonthly journal, is India’s oldest and the only journal of its kind featuring translations in English of poetry, fiction, drama and criticism from twenty-three ...

Short stories are the perfect medium for science fiction. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love a space opera as much as the next nerd—but there's something about short-form sci-fi that has the potential ...