Home - Library of America

Interviews

“That Moment in Life When You Stand”: An Excerpt from John Wharton Lowe’s Authorized Biography of Ernest J. Gaines

Video LOA LIVE: Online programs inspired by Library of America publications
September 1, 2023

Video LOA at the Movies: Film Adaptations from the Brilliant to the Bizarre
January 13, 2025

News Register Now: The Heart of American Poetry, an online course with Edward Hirsch
January 23, 2025

Story of the Week “A Respectable Woman,” Kate Chopin
February 8, 2025

New & Noteworthy

Joan Didion: Memoirs & Later Writings LOA N°386

Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms & Other Writings 1927–1932 LOA N°384

The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories (paperback)

Jimmy Breslin: Essential Writings LOA N°377

Latino Poetry LOA N°382

Featured Writers

Writer of the Week Don DeLillo

“Here is a writer of high intellect and harsh originality, equipped with extraordinary gifts of eye and ear—and of nose, palate and fingertip.”—Martin Amis

Learn more

Joanna Russ Learn more

Ernest J. Gaines Learn more

Walker Percy Learn more

Helen Keller Learn more

Featured Topics

Books for Young Readers The Founders Hollywood

Library of America

CURATOR

A champion of America’s great writers and timeless works, Library of America guides readers in finding and exploring the exceptional writing that reflects the nation’s history and culture.

Learn More

PUBLISHER

From poetry, novels, and memoirs to journalism, crime writing, and science fiction, the more than 300 volumes published by Library of America are widely recognized as America’s literary canon.

Browse our books Subscribe

NON-PROFIT

With contributions from donors, Library of America preserves and celebrates a vital part of our cultural heritage for generations to come.

Support our mission