Reconsidering E.M. Forster

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2009 Novelist E.M. Forster was a writer who might be said to have been simultaneously ahead of his time -- or at least better suited to take on certain topics like homosexuality that couldn't be treated frankly during his heyday -- and resistant to some of the modernist impulses he saw arising among authors from the generation following his own. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal: ‘The Most Interesting Man in the World’

BLANK Apr 12, 2009 The whip-smart and ever-sly Gore Vidal visited "Real Time" on Friday, giving his historical and sometimes hysterically funny take on the state of the United States. He also revisited a few key moments from his personal history, illustrated by some priceless archival footage found by Bill Maher's crack research team. Is it too soon to make an Amelia Earhart joke? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

We Told You So

David Sirota / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 With the release of three new reports, there’s no debate anymore about who was correct and who wasn’t concerning the economic collapse and the Wall Street bailout. The studies prove that progressive critics were right and the Washington ideologues and the pundits were wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Studs Terkel Dies at 96

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2008 What a time for the world to lose Studs Terkel. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, activist and radio and television star died Friday in his adopted hometown of Chicago. Terkel was 96. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Vive Le Clézio!

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2008 French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was named this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. Le Clézio, whom the Swedish Academy fancifully described as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilisation," has written more than 20 novels since the early age of 23. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anti-Obama Author Deported From Kenya

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2008 Jerome Corsi's scheduled visit to Kenya to promote his latest book, "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," was cut short after local authorities, who claimed that Corsi didn't have the right permit, arrested the author and sent him packing on a plane to Europe on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

By George W. Bush

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2008 If authoring a war against innocent civilians abroad and civil liberties at home wasn't enough, George W. Bush is toying with the idea of writing a book upon leaving the Oval Office in January. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stephen King: If You Don’t Read, ‘You’ve Got the Army, Iraq’

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2008 Author Stephen King made an appearance last month at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., where he discussed, among other things, the importance of literacy. As King put it: "I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Norman Mailer Dead at 84

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2007 News of the loss of one of America's most unique voices, Norman Mailer, rippled through the literary community Saturday after Mailer's biographer announced that the author of "The Armies of the Night" and "The Naked and the Dead" had expired at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal Sounds Off on Solar Power Caper

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2007 Note to public utility companies: Do not cross Gore Vidal. What began as a personal nuisance -- the shutdown of his newly installed home solar power system by Los Angeles' water and power provider -- has become emblematic of a bigger issue (or two) for the venerable writer, who states his position in no uncertain terms in this interview. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Truthdig Podcast: The Consistent Christian

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2007 Former Truthdigger of the Week Dr. Joel Hunter, author of "Right Wing, Wrong Bird," joins the podcast this week to explain why things didn't work out with the Christian Coalition and why global warming and poverty bother him as much as gay marriage and abortion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Famed Historian Schlesinger Dead at 89

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2007 Arthur M. Schlesinger died Wednesday from a heart attack at the age of 89. A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Kennedy White House fixture, Schlesinger wrote or edited more than 25 books and once referred to George W. Bush's post-9/11 policy as "a ghastly mess." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )