Richard Ford's place in American letters has been established by his five novels, and many critics consider him one of the finest contemporary short-story writers as well. While he is often discussed as a "regionalist" author, Ford rejects that...

Cynthia Ozick stood before a full house of literary fans, her white hair shining as she assessed an art form that could be likened to an old, but vital patriarch _ rich, historic and, the author feared, increasingly neglected.The short story."In serious mainstream magazines nowadays,...

Hard out here for the Orthodox NYU says Borough Park is the most crowded neighborhood in New York, on account of big Orthodox families squeezing into small houses. Meanwhile, prices are so high in Williamsburg that hundreds of local Hassidim are fleeing for the...

Novelists Cormac McCarthy, Richard Ford and Dave Eggers were among the finalists Thursday night for the 33rd annual National Book Critics Circle prize.McCarthy's "The Road," Ford's "The Lay of the Land" and Eggers' "What Is the What" all were nominees for the fiction prize. Other...

Kiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss," a narrative of global discovery and displacement that has already won the Man Booker Prize, received another literary honor Thursday night: the National Book Critics Circle fiction award."To be claimed by the place in which you live means so...

In the following essay, Walker explores the ways in which the three stories included in Women with Men incorporate as a theme the condition of loneliness and its perpetuation.

In the following essay, Leder investigates notions of gender in Ford's Rock Springs, paying particular attention to the concept of voice.

In the following interview, begun on June 3, 1998, and continued on December 4, 1998, Ford discusses his writing process, his literary influences, and the role of the writer in American society.