Peter Tonguette

How the auteur of screwball found and lost his way

John Cheever was the bard of the backyard

The author of Slapstick was a prophet of loneliness.

The War of the Worlds at 80

Library of America releases a volume of O'Hara's acclaimed short stories.

In the 1970s, a PBS miniseries brought short stories to the screen with significant success.

A curious footnote started Victoria Bynum on a journey to recover the history of a group of deserters who fought to secede from the Confederacy.