http://contemporarylit.about.com/ Contemporary Literature http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/15/the-o-henry-prize-stories-2008.htm The O. Henry Prize Stories series has an extensively proven track record (89 years) in the selection of terrific short prose, and the pieces in the 2008 volume uphold that... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/15/the-o-henry-prize-stories-2008.htm 2008-05-15T17:10:53Z http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/12/rip-nuala-ofaolain-1940-2008.htm Irish author and journalist Nuala O'Faolain died of cancer this past Friday. She was 68 years old. Well known internationally for her best-selling memoir, Are You Somebody? (1996), O'Faolain had... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/12/rip-nuala-ofaolain-1940-2008.htm 2008-05-12T15:30:07Z http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/09/natural-acts-a-sidelong-view-of-science-and-nature.htm Octopus-wrestling, vampire moths, and disaffected crows - oh my! I like David Quammen. More to the point, I want to be David Quammen. Back in the early 1980's, with neither... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/09/natural-acts-a-sidelong-view-of-science-and-nature.htm 2008-05-09T17:10:51Z http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/09/hold-tight-by-harlan-coben.htm If there was ever a novel that called for a sociological flow chart, Hold Tight, a community murder mystery, is it. Harlan Coben has constructed a yarn with multiple... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/09/hold-tight-by-harlan-coben.htm 2008-05-09T13:44:59Z http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/07/stephen-king-gaffe.htm You'd think Stephen King would be smarter than to say something like this, but in a lecture at a Washington, DC high school the author told the audience, "If you... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/07/stephen-king-gaffe.htm 2008-05-07T11:03:31Z http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/04/maps-and-legends-by-michael-chabon.htm Michael Chabon champions genre fiction in this collection of sixteen linked essays, exploring everything from Sherlock Holmes to Philip Pullman, from comic books to Norse myth. Maps and Legends is... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/04/maps-and-legends-by-michael-chabon.htm 2008-05-04T23:14:04Z http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/03/etgar-keret-on-npr.htm It appears Israeli writer Etgar Keret has a new book of short stories out entitled The Girl on the Fridge. He spoke with NPR about the book and Jellyfish, a... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/05/03/etgar-keret-on-npr.htm 2008-05-03T18:15:55Z http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/04/28/the-stone-gods-by-jeanette-winterson.htm In the bleak future of Jeanette Winterson's The Stone Gods, the inhabitants of Orbus are running out of planet. The unchecked consumption of fossil fuels has finally run its course.... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/04/28/the-stone-gods-by-jeanette-winterson.htm 2008-04-28T12:08:10Z http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/04/23/unaccustomed-earth-by-jhumpa-lahiri.htm Jhumpa Lahiri's second collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, finds her at the rising peak of her literary powers. These stories are longer (nearly novella length in some cases) than... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/04/23/unaccustomed-earth-by-jhumpa-lahiri.htm 2008-04-23T01:06:59Z http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/04/22/earth-day-2008.htm Earth Day brings environmental awareness to the forefront of our attention, reminding us to be conscious of our choices everyday. Do something - get active today. There's plenty of information... http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/2008/04/22/earth-day-2008.htm 2008-04-22T00:45:24Z