In the months after Sept. 11, 2001, New York City bestowed upon its police officers a rush of gratitude so immense that, during [...]

Jhonen Vasquez rose to cult status with one among a slew of absurd cartoons on Nickelodeon, Invader Zim. Unfortunately, that show was ultimately [...]

Ian McEwan has always had one of the darkest imaginations on either side of the Atlantic. In his early short story, "Solid Geometry," [...]

Since 1997, New Millennium Writings has accepted entries in the categories of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Winners of the annual contests receive $1,000 [...]

Given that no one lives forever, it is remarkable how infrequently novelists imagine what greets us on the other side. Those who have [...]

Steve Erickson is the kind of writer whose reputation proceeds him. Most literary people have heard of him. Most know that he's widely [...]

British author Alan Hollinghurst has earned a reputation as an exacting writer with a gift for portraying gay men and their search for [...]

Watch the NBA on television, and you can see the ghost of every pickup game the stars ever played. To put it another [...]

Long before America elected its first born-again president and religious discussions wound up on the cover of Time magazine again, there was a [...]

Maribeth Batcha received her MFA from Columbia University in 1990, and has worked in magazine circulation for more than 12 years. With Atlantic [...]