Dalkey Archive Press, 164 pages, $11.95. Of all the writers of the European 1920s, the greatest modern decade for literature, and unparalleled for writers in Russian — with the light-limbed prose of ...

CHICAGO — Here is your popular American quiz show question for the day: “He is a Chicago sculptor of Native American heritage with an awesome name, who also won a round of Jeopardy! in 2011.” What’s ...

"I've taught all my life," Southern California artist John Baldessari told The Chronicle by phone last week. "Everything from grade school to college to juvenile delinquents. I set out to right all ...

I studied literature in college before pursing a graduate career in comparative literature. We learned to adopt formalist theory while evaluating various texts: poetry, novels, and short stories. It ...