literature

The highly-acclaimed novel 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' has been adapted for the opera stage, and features music by composer and Seattle native Sheila Silver. The world premiere is this weekend in Seattle.

The debut work of Seattle author Nathan Harris has earned him the 2021 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Harris’ “The Sweetness of Water” chronicles the unlikely bond forged between two freed men and a Georgia farmer set as the Civil War nears an end.

A Seattle high school student said discussion over Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" strayed into territory that was racist. The school district said the teacher and principal created a hostile environment. We talk to a Mary Shelley scholar about how the novel has been read, and misread, over two centuries.

This story originally aired on November 18, 2017.If you go to the base of Point Defiance in Tacoma and look east, you'll see a finger of earth jutting…

The author, best known for works such as the Earthsea series and The Left Hand of Darkness, used her fantastic realms to grapple with difficult themes. She leaves a legacy as a literary trailblazer.

"Oliver!" tells the story of a young orphan's misadventures in London, from the workhouse to a den of thieves and, finally, to a family that loves him.…

A campaign is under way to earn Seattle the distinction of being an international “city of literature.”The man behind the effort is Seattle author Ryan…