Sean Carman reports on the necessity of Literature from the Axis of Evil , a new collection from Words Without Borders, in the nation's capital.

Indianapolis, Vonnegut's hometown and source of inspiration, declares 2007 The Year of Vonnegut. Meanwhile, Vonnegut declares that his 2007 A Man Without a Country will be his last published work.

$399 can get you a personally crafted review by a questionable NY Times best-selling old-timer.

While neither Gabriel García Marquez nor Mario Vargas Llosa will comment on the 1976 cinema brawl that froze the friendship between them, it seems the ice may be melting. Llosa will write the prologue in a forthcoming special edition of 100 Years of Solitude.

A top suspect in the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink now threatens Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk.

Esquire sends blank napkins to 250 writers, hoping for crumbs of brilliance.

The final Harry Potter tome will be published on July 21. Bloomsbury shares rise 2.2%.

Two iconoclastic writers passed away this month: journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski and commentator Molly Ivins.