Viet Thanh Nguyen: What We Got Wrong About Vietnam (Audio, Transcript)

Staff and Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 20, 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and Truthdig's Robert Scheer discuss U.S. foreign policy and ignorance of Vietnamese culture. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Autumn

Elaine Margolin / Truthdig Sep 15, 2017 Karl Ove Knausgaard set the literary world on fire with his six-volume novel, "My Struggle." His new book is a meditation on life, time and family. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Life of Caliph Washington

By Colbert I. King Jul 15, 2017 In a country that expresses reverence for due process, a 17-year-old is arrested, put on trial, sentenced to death, then shuttled among death row cellblocks for 13 years, all for a crime he didn't commit. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Tracy K. Smith Is Named 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate

Emma Niles / Truthdig Jun 14, 2017 The Princeton University professor and Pulitzer Prize winner says she plans to bring poetry events "to parts of the country where literary festivals don’t always go." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Nobel Winner Bob Dylan Releases Speech on How His Words and Songs Relate to Literature

By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet Jun 7, 2017 The singer-songwriter connects his inspiration and his craft to the literary and cultural canon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Celebrating the Vibrant Lifestyle of Jean Stein

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2017 Family and longtime friends of the author and editor, who died on April 30, recall her remarkable social gatherings and her lively spirit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Islamic Jesus

Allen Barra / Truthdig May 12, 2017 Mustafa Akyol's book tells Christians, Muslims and Jews exactly what we all have in common and how we got this way. It reaches us not a minute too soon. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Handmaid’s Tale

By Monica Hesse May 5, 2017 Margaret Atwood's classic dystopian novel is a recipe book for how to create a hellish society. It's also a recipe book for how to resist. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: A Harrowing Warning From a Fictional Future to a Tense Present

Haley Winters / Truthdig Apr 27, 2017 Ladies, hold onto your bonnets—Margaret Atwood's dystopian horror classic is done justice in Hulu's brutally vivid and uncomfortably relevant 10-part series. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The CIA’s 60-Year History of Fake News: How the Deep State Corrupted Many American Writers

BLANK Mar 17, 2017 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews Joel Whitney, author of "Finks," about how the spy agency turned literary figures into propagandists for militarism and imperial power. Transcript added. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu

Liesl Bradner / Truthdig Dec 23, 2016 Although the title is deceiving for those expecting the fast-paced heroics of James Bond, the reader will find that this account of a small group of ordinary people risking their lives to preserve their culture is an even more rewarding and essential story. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Where the Jews Aren’t

By Elaine Margolin Sep 2, 2016 A new book examines the brief history of an autonomous Jewish region in Russia, founded in 1929. It lasted until Stalin ordered the eradication of its Jewish identity in 1948, burning Yiddish books, banning the Yiddish language, and executing by firing squad its Yiddish writers. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )