Bedtime Stories, Feb. 2014

What do literary types have queued up on their nightstands and ready to read before lights-out? We asked a few of them, and here’s what they said.

In Defense of Pop Fiction

Why the line between genres needs to be crossed.

The Top 10 Book-to-Film Adaptations

Just in time for Academy Award season, a look at the movies that best honor the books from which they came.

Books Alive! Presents: Laura Lippman

Meet one of the renowned writers participating in the Independent's annual Books Alive! conference.

The Allure of Historical Fiction

What draws readers to this popular genre?

An Online Symposium on The Anatomy of Violence

In Philip K. Dick’s story "Minority Report," on which the film is based, special police officers arrest criminals before they commit a crime. They had “foreknowledge” of criminal possibility. If we had such knowledge, should we use it?

Who Killed Whom?

Who knows? Or is it "whom knows"?