american literature

On ‘Love and Strife’, but Mostly the Strife, of Saul Bellow

On ‘Love and Strife’, but Mostly the Strife, of Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow has won many literary awards, including the Nobel, Pulitzer, and National Book Award. Yet Zachary Leader's thorough work, The Life of Saul Bellow: Love and Strife, 1965-2005, a PopMatters pick, begins with Below asking himself, "Was I a man or was I a jerk?"

Richard Ford’s ‘Canada’ Is His Most Impermanent Work Yet

David Shields’ ‘How Literature Saved My Life’ Substitutes Flaccidity for Fervor

A Complex Relationship Between Two Great Poets: ‘Something Urgent I Have to Say to You’

Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Against the Day’ Appeals to Our Camaraderie

The American Humanist: Why the World Needs William Faulkner