In the Shadow of War

By Beverly Gologorsky, TomDispatch Dec 13, 2013 For at least a decade, Americans have been living in the shadow of war and yet, except in pop fiction of the Tom Clancy variety (where, in the end, we always win), there’s remarkably little evidence of it. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Previously Unseen Joseph Heller Story Explores American Racism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 23, 2013 A grim tale in which a racist Southern community seeks revenge for the stabbing of a white man, written before the cherished author penned "Catch-22," is set to be published by the American literary magazine The Strand this week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Ripped From Tomorrow’s Headlines: Brian Wood, Comic Book Futurist

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Apr 30, 2013 Brian Wood is a best-selling comic book writer whose body of work expresses a political and social awareness that ranks with the best in speculative fiction. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Why Is the Measure of Love Loss?

By Lauren B. Davis Mar 30, 2012 "When my mother was angry with me, which was often," writes Jeanette Winterson in her new memoir "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?," "she said, 'The devil led us to the wrong crib.' "Jeanette Winterson's novels circle round the same themes—the power of story and mythmaking, the fluidity of gender, monstrous mothers and the loss of love. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

They Didn’t Say It

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2011 Coffee mugs, bumper stickers and posters displayed at political rallies nationwide bear the clumsy distortions of remarks made by thoughtful people throughout the ages. The question of their popularity and endurance has been the subject of a number of recent essays. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Midnight,’ Mother, Love

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2011 Truthdig is pleased to present this excerpt of Sister Souljah's new novel, "Midnight and the Meaning of Love," in which Midnight, a young fighter and family man from Brooklyn, sets out to find his kidnapped wife, Akemi, while keeping his mother and little sister safe back home.Truthdig is pleased to present this excerpt of Sister Souljah's new novel, "Midnight and the Meaning of Love." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Double Life of a Hip-Hop ‘Mogul’

Ebony Utley / Truthdig Jun 17, 2011 Aaron "Big AT" Tremble, the main player in Terrance Dean's debut novel, "Mogul," is a music producer with a secret: He's on the up-and-up in his career, but he's also on the down low, struggling to come to terms with his sexuality at the risk of losing his family and his fame in the hip-hop industryIn Terrance Dean's debut novel, "Mogul," Aaron "Big A" Tremble is on the up-and-up as a music producer—but he's also on the down low. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Why I Miss Norman Mailer

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Feb 18, 2011 I thought that I’d done everything I was supposed to do. This was back in the springtime of 2007, about seven months before Norman Mailer died. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

2011: A Brave New Dystopia

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 27, 2010 The two greatest visions of a future dystopia were George Orwell’s "1984" and Aldous Huxley’s "Brave New World." It turns out they were both right. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

How to Write Fiction, by Actual Fiction Writers

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 Hey, aspiring fiction writers: Watch your adverbs closely and lay off the exclamation points! Those are just two how-to tips (or maybe how-not-to tips) from crime writer Elmore Leonard's "10 Rules of Writing," which, as the title suggests, offers handy guidelines for would-be authors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jane Ciabattari on Kurt Vonnegut

BLANK Dec 25, 2009 A wondrous new collection of previously unpublished vintage Vonnegut confirms his enduring and subversive ear for the absurd and the tragicomic. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )