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The article offers information on works and life of Brian Turner, an American poet, essayist, and professor. It mentions he won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award for his debut collection "Here, Bullet" with many awards and honors received for this collection of poems about his experience as a soldier in the Iraq War.

The author examines the portrayal of English author Charles Dickens as a spokesperson for England during World War I. He discusses the ways by which Dickens expresses his opinions about the war and about bureaucracy through his writings, Dickens' books that helped shape his role in wartime culture, particularly in terms of his views about Christmas during wartime, and books about Dickens written around the world. He also talks about Dickens' style of writing and his most notable works.

The author traces the involvement of writer Ernest Hemingway with Spain. He mentions some of the trips made by Hemingway in Spain beginning 1918. He considers the impact of the Spanish Civil War on the career of Hemingway as an author. He describes the friendship between artist Luis Quintanilla and Hemingway.

Focuses on the work of British author Virginia Woolf related to the decline of Liberalism in the early 20th century. Her familial relationship to liberalism; References to World War I in her work of the period; Efforts of liberals to rationalize the war; Plot elements of the story 'The Mark on the Wall'.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to J.C.'s contention about books on the Iraq war in the May 16, 2014 issue.

The article looks into several literature that were produced out of war. The author shares impressions on the book of war poetry "Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting" by Kevin Powers is presented. Also discussed are the subjects of the correspondence of poet and sculptor Ian Hamilton Finlay, as well as the representation of Joan of Arc in "The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War" edited by Hew Strachan.

Presents news briefs related to books and literature as of March 29, 2003. Reaction of several academics to the coverage of poetry in 'TLS,' in response to a critique of the book 'ode ode,' by Michael Farrell; Anti-war sentiment among authors other than Rupert Brooke; Popularity in China of the book 'Who Moved My Cheese?' by Scott Spencer; Others.

Presents news briefs related to books and literature as of February 14, 2003. Text of a pronouncement by British author Ben Okri in which he criticized Great Britain for not celebrating its literary heritage in the same manner as Germany or France; British authors' views on political participation, from a 1968 issue of 'London Magazine'; Death of poet and editor Peter Russell of the magazine 'Nine'; Others.

Presents information on the poem `In Flanders Fields,' by John McCrae, a Canadian Army surgeon written during the Second Battle of Ypres during the first World War. The poem's inception; An excerpt from a letter by Major-General E.W.B. Morrison on the writing and publication of the poem; Background of McCrae and the involvement of the Canadian Artillery Brigade in the war.