John Irving

Watch novelist Ben Percy perplex Steve Harvey on the 'Today' show

2013-02-18 13:37:00

In publishing, landing a spot on the "Today" show has traditionally been thought of as a publicity holy grail. Is that why Benjamin Percy wore a pregnancy suit to get there? And did he have any idea just how strange the experience would be? Not...

Marathon plays stand the test of time

2012-11-25 06:00:00

Call it "Long Day's Journey Into Intermission." Or maybe "Waiting ... and Waiting ... and Waiting for Godot." It is the marathon play or performance piece, the theatrical equivalent of the Tour de France or the nine-course prix fixe menu at the French...

'Casual Vacancy' fails to conjure Harry Potter's magic

2012-09-26 22:00:00

It's hardly shocking that the most fully realized characters in "The Casual Vacancy," J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, are the youngest. Fats Wall, Krystal Weedon, Gaia Bawden, Andrew Price, Sukhvinder Jawanda: Even the names are vaguely...

88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

2012-07-04 16:36:52

John Irving, Scott Turow and other L.A. author events this week

2012-06-19 16:35:33

On Sunday: Richard Ford, Clarice Lispector and 'The Other America'

2012-05-25 16:36:22

On Sunday: John Irving, Elizabeth Gilbert's great-grandma in kitchen

2012-05-11 16:34:15

First U.S. World Book Night giveaway announces book selections

2011-12-14 16:34:48

This Sunday: Spring books preview, Anne Lamott and jazz

2012-03-02 16:34:19

Happy World Book Night! Free books on offer all over

2012-04-23 16:35:19

Book review: 'The Art of Fielding' by Chad Harbach

2011-10-16 00:00:00

The Art of Fielding A Novel Chad Harbach Little, Brown: 528 pp., $25.99 In terms of conjuring a shorthand for a certain American innocence, there are few delivery systems quite so direct as baseball. Touched on by a library's worth of authors...

Book review: 'The Hair of Harold Roux' by Thomas Williams

2011-06-19 00:00:00

The Hair of Harold Roux A Novel Thomas Williams Introduction by Andre Dubus III, afterword by Ann Joslin Williams Bloomsbury: 384 pp., $15 paper Thomas Williams' novel "The Hair of Harold Roux" occupies a peculiar limbo of the lost: Published in...

Author John Irving

2012-04-25 00:00:00

The man who made many men cringe after reading his incredible book, The World According to Garp (read it, you'll see why), John Irving celebrates his 67th.

2009-03-02 06:56:26