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Joan Didion on John, Quintana, her devastating memoir, and her persistent critics.

The Basic Plot of Rick Moody's 'The Diviners.'

Newbie poet (and teen hero) Amber Tamblyn versifies on Les Moonves, Dick Cheney, and the celebrity-industrial complex.

He’s written everything from best-selling mysteries to a sex novel to a critique of capitalism. No wonder Walter Mosley has plenty to smile about.

In his new novel, Hugh Nissenson confronts the spiritual devastation of 9/11.

Like his beloved Yankees, Rushdie is struggling to play up to expectations.

Mark Leyner and an M.D. pal squeeze a best seller out of bodily curiosities.

"If I had to do it all over again, I would be a criminal."

"I do a very reverential Billie Holiday imitation that's a complete room-emptier."

"It was very awkward. These are homicide guys doing this for a billion years, and here I am saying, 'Oh, murder, it's so interesting!'"