“We have professors of poetry and professors of ethnicized literature, but no professors of the short story,” Michael J. Collins said to a Stanford crowd on Tuesday. He joked that it may be because it ...

Century of Indian literature in translation: More and more stories by writers from all parts of India are becoming available to the English-reading public. (Illustration by Suneesh K for Moneycontrol) ...

It's easy to feel like you don't have time to read literature — especially hefty works by classic novelists. Between busy jobs and hectic weekends, cracking open a lengthy book that tackles humanity's ...

I’m sure any English major could attest to being asked at least one of the following questions: What’s your favorite [book, poem, series, author etc.]? Are you going to be an English teacher? Have you ...

A little-known short story by John Steinbeck has been published for the first time in English today, 65 years after it first emerged in a French daily in Paris. “The Amiable Fleas” was published in ...

Must-read canonical Korean short stories are now available in English through “The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories,” part of the Penguin Classics collection. The anthology, co-curated and edited ...