Famous Contributors: Alan Alda
Alda writes about his experience during the filmmaking of Paper Lion.... More
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Famous Contributors: John le Carré
In 51 years as a writer, John le Carré has published just four short stories. Two of them were in The Saturday Evening Post.... More
Famous Contributors: W. Somerset Maugham
Maugham wrote over 10 pieces for the Post, and is arguably the most popular author of his era.... More
Famous Contributors: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Best known for the Sherlock Holmes detective series, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also a contributor for the Post.... More
Famous Contributors: Herbert Hoover
Although he is considered one of the worst presidents in U.S. history, Herbert Hoover was a long-time Post contributor.... More
Famous Contributors: Zora Neale Hurston
In honor of Black History Month, the Post is reprinting Zora Neale Hurston's "The Conscience of the Court."... More
Famous Contributors: John Hersey
John Hersey wrote about Blacks in Mississippi trying to exercise their right to vote. Read this controversial Post article from 1964.... More
Famous Contributors: Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes' poetry ran in the Post during the 1940s, despite a relationship that could be described as "love-hate."... More
Famous Contributors: O. Henry
O. Henry may have taken his famous name in prison, but his witty short stories—like this 1903 Post original—are why we remember his name today.... More
Famous Contributors: Jack London
Writer Jack London was an international celebrity in his time—thanks, in part, to the Post. Read his short story "South of the Slot" to see... More
Vonnegut Lives!
Four years after his death, the often dark, sometimes antic, and frequently clairvoyant ideas of this great American novelist are suddenly more relevant than ever.... More
Miss Temptation
A soldier just back from Korea disrupts a small town's daily ritual—and makes a pretty girl cry—in Kurt Vonnegut's well-loved short story.... More
The No-Talent Kid
Nothing could shake Walter's determination to get into the marching band. So how could his conductor tell him how misplaced his ambition was?... More
Famous Contributors: Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt inspired Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, entertained Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India, and never really approved of Winston Churchill.... More
Famous Contributers: Edgar Allan Poe
Read Edgar Allan Poe's spine-tingling short story "The Black Cat," which was first published in the Post in 1843.... More
“The Battle That Set Us Free” by Samuel Eliot Morison
A famous naval authority tells the exciting story of how a daring French sailor won a victory that saved America.... More
Toward Abolishing Poverty
As we debate how to deal with recession during a time when government is increasingly responsible for alleviating poverty, we find it interesting that Henry... More
