Sometimes it feels like my favorite novelists and authors know me better than anyone, even though we've never met. But what if I could step into their world? Good news: with the magic of fiction, you ...

Writers are known for their words, but sometimes they’d rather not sign their real name to them. Many famous authors took on secret identities to publish their work, and some pseudonyms even became ...

Walt Whitman, the subject (along with author Mark Doty) of "What Is the Grass" (Library of Congress) Taking a breather during an afternoon romp, poet Mark Doty describes looking up at his lover only ...