Maugham wrote over 10 pieces for the Post, and is arguably the most popular author of his era.... More

Best known for the Sherlock Holmes detective series, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also a contributor for the Post.... More

Although he is considered one of the worst presidents in U.S. history, Herbert Hoover was a long-time Post contributor.... More

John Hersey wrote about Blacks in Mississippi trying to exercise their right to vote. Read this controversial Post article from 1964.... More

Langston Hughes' poetry ran in the Post during the 1940s, despite a relationship that could be described as "love-hate."... More

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

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

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

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

Read Edgar Allan Poe's spine-tingling short story "The Black Cat," which was first published in the Post in 1843.... More

A famous naval authority tells the exciting story of how a daring French sailor won a victory that saved America.... More

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