Timothy Garton Ash muses eloquently on the political difference between the U.S., Britain, and continental Europe.

Barbara Gowdy's deftly handles aging and longing through a nine-year-old and her true love.

Secret powers are Andrew Kaufman's powerful theme in comic stories that expose human flaws.

Rachel Seiffert takes a penetrating and affecting X-ray of the German wartime condition.

Joel Hynes' strong debut novel puts its focus on Newfoundland and a boy's coming of age.

In essence, a masterful "Law and Order" episode from Gabriel García Márquez.

Loins and light in the Nabokov bonfire. Don't blame us if you're repulsed. Humbert isn't, nor is Dolores.

A Canadian sportswriter talks to the men Muhammad Ali beat up on — including George Chuvalo and Chuck Wepner.

The ups and downs of television's most famous (and infamous) comedy franchise, "Saturday Night Live"