Jonathan Franzen remains among the select few novelists who can vie for a Pulitzer Prize and the top spot on best-seller lists every time out of the gate. His new novel might win him both.

Twice a year we publish an extra issue of America dedicated to books and all things literary; one in planting season and one at harvest time.

This man, this woman are the city

To hear what sirens was Jesus Christ nailed to a tree, unable to move?

A profoundly Russian author, Olga Sedakova offers insights into Christian living for a worldwide audience.

What is it about Dante that has made him not just immortal, but urgent and modern?