Cormac McCarthy's iconic novel Blood Meridian is one of the greatest works of American literature ever, but has somehow evaded a film adaptation.

Gatsby is a fraught, vexed book, all the more lovely because it is so ambivalent. When it came out in 1925, it was considered a masterpiece. T.S. Eliot called Gatsby “the first step American fiction ...

Another assignment would be to aim as high as possible, to try to forge a work of great literature, an actual Great American Novel out of fantasy’s tropes and impulses and materials.

Hester Prynne is one of the great feminist characters in all of literature, says librettist David Mason: full of dignity and courage, in a story that is as relevant today as when it was written.

What really makes “The Great Gatsby” one of the Great American Novels is how it explores the hopelessness and unattainability of the American Dream, at least for the majority.

Peter C. Baker on the rising trend of authors self-publishing their work on subscription newsletter services such as Substack.

What time is The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VisitPA.com? The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VisitPA.com will be at 2:00 PM ET.

"The Great Gatsby," the great American novel, turns 100 When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" at the height of the roaring '20s, he couldn't possibly realize that the book would emerge ...

Columnist, author, and linguist Richard Lederer spent about six months writing his latest book, “American History for Everyone.” That was a lot longer than it’s typically taken him to write ...

Percival Everett’s Great American Novel In his new novel James, Everett reminds us of the thorny absurdity that is U.S. history.