NEW YORK - When author Justin Torres was writing We the Animals, he had no idea he was writing his first novel nor, as could be expected, he would become the publishing industry's latest sensation. Though Torres has been writing for years - currently as

The prolific writer Ivan Doig has set many of his large shelf of novels in rural Montana, where he was raised. He has gained a strong national readership for such touted reads as "English Creek," "The Whistling Season" and, recently, "Work Song." A Chica

A while ago, the hostess interviewed my readers for a change, and her final question was, “What question have I NOT asked at BTT that you’d love me to ask?” I got some great responses and will be picking out some of the questions from time to time to ask

IN HER NOVELS AND in her nonfiction essays, Marilynne Robinson's questions are always roughly the same: Who are we, and where did we come from? The first is a matter of metaphysics, the second of history. At least since the publication of her first colle

Today marks the start of an exciting project at All Things Considered. Each month we'll be bringing in a poet to spend time in the newsroom — and at the end — to compose a poem reflecting on the day's news. The first poet to participate is Tracy K. Smit

Today at All Things Considered , poet Tracy K. Smith is spending the day and composing a written piece about the day's news. Tracy has received degrees in English and Creative Writing from Harvard College and Columbia University, and was a Wallace Stegne