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.
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Tag Archives: Literature
“For in that sleep of death…”
An Edgar Allan Possibility: The following article appeared in the August 13, 1831 Post. We believe it may have been written by Edgar Allan Poe and published anonymously. Let us know what you think in the comments.
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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.
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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 why.
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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.
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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.
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The Kid Nobody Could Handle
“What this town needed was some excitement, and Jim knew just how to provide it.”
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An Unlikely Hero in the Fight for Personal Liberty
Henry David Thoreau didn’t look for liberation among other people. He waged his struggle for independence inside himself.
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The Death Voyage by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, turns 151 years old this month. One of the several stories he wrote for the Post is “The Death Voyage,” the tale of a German naval disaster in World War I.
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Where the Wild Things Were
Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, has spent his career bringing life to stories, including this 1968 short fable by Isaac Bashevis Singer. See for yourself.
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Ben Franklin and the Slow Movement
The Huffington Post (no relation to The Saturday Evening Post) recently started a book club and chose In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honoré for its first title. The book encourages readers to choose the pace of our lives and balance the speed in so many of their activities with slower, more thoughtful tempos. What would Ben Franklin say?
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Do Americans Get Second Chances?
We can’t let September pass by without noting the birthday (September 24th) of one of its greatest contributors. F. Scott Fitzgerald published 69 of his short stories in our magazine between 1920 and 1937. He was the defining voice of the Jazz-Age generation—probably, as some have argued, because he invented it. Americans read his stories avidly, savoring their technical brilliance and looking for explanations for the brash, frantic young adults who were so unlike their parents.
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The Incomparable H.L. Mencken
An impartial critic of every race or religion, the “Sage of Baltimore” lived before “political correctness” became the fashion. H.L. Mencken, a giant in American literature, held politics and politicians in abysmal regard. His ancient typewriter pounded out carloads of writings, which maddened and delighted Americans from 1904 to 1948. And how the well-known iconoclast ... More
