When was the phrase “cog in the machine” first used to describe human labor?

What are the most powerful and insightful short stories that you have read?

Who are some of the most controversial writers of all time?

What are the best, must-read literary essays of the last fifty years?

How could two women trap a peeping tom in 1964 on a ranch in OK?

Where can I find a comprehensive list of the poems and literary quotes cited by Jeeves in the works of P.G Wodehouse?

Literary Fiction: What is the best English translation of Madame Bovary?

Who are some of the most memorable tragic figures, either in fiction, movies or in real life? Why?

Roberto Bolaño: What are some things I might not know about “By Night in Chile”?

Irish Literature: Which Maeve Binchy novel is a good choice to read first?

When, if ever, is a landmark literary work rendered obsolete?

How did Jane Austen enter our literary canon?

Who are some of the most intelligent characters in literary history?

Is Oprah’s Book Club a fundamentally reactionary middlebrow movement trying to coöpt the avant-garde?

Literary Fiction: Can you suggest some new writers for my reading list?  I’m fond of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck and Updike.

Are there any well-regarded, epic-length novels written by female authors (besides Ayn Rand)?

What are typical revenue shares for authors of novels or stage plays, and how are they calculated?

Is The Hunger Games the modern equivalent of Brave New World or Nineteen Eighty-Four?

Is it possible for someone to have super genius cognizance like Sherlock Holmes?

What is the best quotation from fiction?