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Chester Himes was on par with Ellison, Hemingway and Fitzgerald, S.A. Cosby writes.

For Álvaro Enrigue, a novelist fascinated with historical detail, the first meeting of the Aztecs and Spanish conquistadors is the obsession of a lifetime. He brings it to life in “You Dreamed of Empires.”

A rare pamphlet about Christopher Columbus’s first voyage is on sale at Christie’s, which said it had taken pains to ensure this one wasn’t forged or stolen.

The Irish author discusses “Long Island,” the sequel to his 2009 novel “Brooklyn.”

An imagined chat with Pooh commemorates the 100th anniversary of A.A. Milne’s “When We Were Very Young.”

Editors waited decades for the final manuscript of Chaim Grade’s “Sons and Daughters.” Its appearance shook the Yiddish literary world.

On a family tour of Greece, the writer followed the small footsteps of some of ancient mythology’s biggest fans.

The work by Bram Stoker, previously unknown to scholars, will be read and included in a book launched during Dublin’s annual Bram Stoker Festival.

In Katherine Marsh’s new novel, the girl with the snaky curls loses neither her head nor her wits.

In “The Interpretation of Cats,” Claude Béata helps explain the inscrutable behavior of our feline companions.