Livin’ La VIDA Equal

At the Independent, women's voices are as loud as men's.

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 Allure of Historical Fiction

What draws readers to this popular genre?

Who Killed Whom?

Who knows? Or is it "whom knows"?

Bedtime Stories, Jan. 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.

10 Enduring Fictional Characters

Whether they capture sympathy or virtue, innocence or moxie, here are the 10 fictitious folks we here at the Independent would most like to invite to dinner.

Looking Past Authors’ Gender

The "Read Women 2014" movement doesn't go far enough.