A reflection on the complex and often inexplicable process of bibliographic categorizations.

There are imaginary cities for scientists, vampires, lechers and even bad students—but what about writers?

"Since the beginning of time (the telling of which is also a story), we have known that words are dangerous creatures."

Stephen Henighan remembers Mavis Gallant, the original nomad of Canadian literature, who wrote some of Canada's finest fiction at Pablo Picasso's café table in Paris.

The poet John Glassco lived in disguise, masquerading as a member of the gentry while writing pornography and reinventing his past.

A writer whose work is among the most important contributions to the literature of the Holocaust is forgotten by almost all.