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The voices of these literary giants were powerful, and their differences were equally fierce. 

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This year, we're turning over a new leaf—er, page.

The real question is, what's a novelette?

Spread the literary love.

“I feel like I am a writer because of Anne Frank.”  —Alice Hoffman

The Anne of Green Gables author led a far less idyllic life than her famous characters.

Maria Laurino's exposé on the Vatican adoption scandal has made its way to the head of the Catholic church.

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The writer documented the post–WWII immigrant experience with levity and grace. 

“You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.” ―Truman Capote

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Sometimes, more than a little is lost in translation.

The writer who shaped the young adult genre.

Explore these international monuments of art, architecture, history, and—of course—books.