Cover of Sweet Land Stories, Doctorow's latest work. In a way, E.L. Doctorow was destined to become a writer. Born Edgar Laurence Doctorow, he was named after Edgar Allan Poe, the 19th-century ...

I was walking the other day, and I noticed that I don’t walk at the same tempo. When walking, I guess the tempo may be arbitrary, but it’s something that stays with me. Tempo has a lot to do with my ...

The writer John McPhee spoke with host Tom Ashbrook on April 16 about life, literature, and the writing craft. It was a notable chat with one of America's greatest non-fiction writers. If you missed ...

A world-renowned educator, often referred to as “the hardest working man in education,” recently brought his lively workshop, “Rap, Rhythm & Rhyme: Rebuilding the Writing Foundation,” to Orangeburg ...