The world has lost Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter, a master of language and silence. Bloggers remember.

Theater Loop

Parabasis

OC Register: The Arts

Mental Floss

Mark Twain, lauded by many as America's greatest humorist, has a strong online presence nearly a century after his death.

Following the Equator

Mark Twain's Mississippi

The Mark Twain Project

Twain Quotes

The literary world lost Michael Crichton and Studs Terkel in recent days. Watch interviews with both Crichton and Terkel on the Charlie Rose Show.

Michael Crichton, best-selling author of Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, and many other science-themed novels, died unexpectedly on Tuesday. Some valedictions from around the Web.

Wired

Reader's Digest

EW PopWatch

Slate

Last night, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses held its fifth annual Spelling Bee in support of its non-profit efforts to help out independent literary publishers. The CLMP always attracts an all-star cast of spellers from the New York book world. This time around, the Visual Thesaurus joined forces with the CLMP Bee, supplying the words to stump the cream of the literary crop. Continue reading...

Acclaimed mystery novelist Tony Hillerman passed away on Sunday. Here are some online remembrances.

Jacket Copy

Prairie Sun Rising

Native Intelligence

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