“After Shakespeare, my favorite poet is Dante. My favorite novelists are Proust and Tolstoy, closely followed by Scott Fitzgerald, a...

Last week we covered first lines that set settings. This week, we pay tribute to the axiomatic opening. Here’s a well-known example th...

We haven’t forgotten about you, Literary Death Match fans. We’ve simply had to postpone our next match a couple of weeks while ringside...

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.   -Leo Tolstoy, from Anna Karenina If it’s the seco...