Articles Tagged with #fiction

The Long, Long List for the 2015 Tournament of Books

But because our readers have requested us to do this, and because we enjoy doing this—telling you what books we loved in 2014—here is our long, long...

The Rooster Wants You (and Your Favorite Novel)

Here’s your chance to nominate your favorite 2014 novel for consideration as a tournament contender—as well as apply to be our 2015 ToB reader judge. One vote and...

Roundtables

Harry Potter and the Shades of Twilight

A generation of women read the Harry Potter series as teens, Twilight in college, and Fifty Shades of Grey in their twenties. What is the cumulative effect?

Novelists in Restaurants Eating Food

Café de La Esquina

Between love and tacos, sometimes it’s better to choose tacos. Our series continues where we ask novelists to dine out, then write us something that 1) is a restaurant review; 2) is not a restaurant review.

Profiles

Main Street, USA

Sinclair Lewis despised his hometown in Minnesota. It disliked him, too, especially after being lampooned in a bestselling novel that mocked the citizens for their small-town ways. These days, though, he’s all they’ve got.

Presenting the 2014 Tournament Brackets and Rooster Shirts

With just over a week to go until the 2014 Rooster crows, it’s time to download this year’s brackets and make your picks for which books will...

The ToB X Zombie Poll

Zombies are everywhere in today’s films, TV, and literature. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the Tournament of Books, can the Rooster at least get a share...

The Rooster

Announcing The Morning News Tournament of Books X

The rooster is back, and the rooster is famished. Introducing the finalists and judges for The Morning News 10th Annual Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.

The ToB X Long List

Unfortunately it’s still too early for us to release the 16-or-so finalists for the 10th edition of The Morning News Tournament of Books, arriving in March 2014. But we...

The Morning News Tournament of Books X

Believe it or not, it’s time to gear up for the 2014 edition of The Morning News Tournament of Books. You may know it as the Rooster, the Grandaddy...

Excerpts

South by Midwest

Flash fiction—prairie-style—from novelists Jonathan Lethem and Aimee Bender, plus an interview with Jeff Martin, editor of the new collection Imaginary Oklahoma.

TMN Weekender

Gérard in Russia

Depardieu has not responded to the offer thus far. Perhaps he’s still thinking about it. To help him make up his mind, we present Elizabeth Kiem’s...