American Literary Historical Society

10/28/2017

Bloody good books: The forgotten history of '70s and '80s horror fiction

Bloody good books: The forgotten history of '70s and '80s horror fiction

Regardless of where you found them, chances are you’ve read one, two, or 10 Paperbacks From Hell, as Grady Hendrix’s highly entertaining new history of the 1970s and ’80s horror-fiction

10/28/2017

Philip Roth is France’s newest literary superstar. Why?

Philip Roth is France’s newest literary superstar. Why?

The 84-year-old author, just admitted to the famed Pleiade, says even he ‘can’t say’ exactly why the French like his work so much.

11/21/2016

A Scene Right Out of Philip Roth: His Books Come Home to Newark’s Library

A Scene Right Out of Philip Roth: His Books Come Home to Newark’s Library

When Mr. Roth’s books are moved to a refurbished space in the Newark Public Library, they will be shelved using the same system he created at home.

11/21/2016

This Week in Fiction: Robert Coover on Our National Disdain for the “Intellectual” - The New Yorker

This Week in Fiction: Robert Coover on Our National Disdain for the “Intellectual” - The New Yorker

Coover talks about “The Hanging of the Schoolmarm,” his short story in the latest issue of the magazine.

11/08/2016

Happy birthday to authors Ben Bova, Margaret Mitchell, and Martha Gellhorn!

11/08/2016

American Authors

10/05/2016

Skydance Productions Developing 'Three Days of the Condor' Remake for TV (Exclusive)

Skydance Productions Developing 'Three Days of the Condor' Remake for TV (Exclusive)

The 1975 political thriller stars Robert Redford as a CIA analyst who gets caught up in a conspiracy.

12/02/2013

Three Days of the Condor (1975) movie trailer

Three Days of the Condor (1975) movie trailer

"I'm not a field agent, I just read books!" Theatrical trailer for Three Days of the Condor (1975), starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway. Directed by Syd...

02/10/2013

Of course this is not a cover for the CIA! This is a page created by a fan of the movie, "Three Days of the Condor," and the novel, "Six Days of the Condor" upon which the movie was based. This page is intended as nothing more than an invaluable resource for other fans of those works, as well as a meeting area for a group of individuals who like to read popular fiction and underline plot elements that might be useful to intelligence organizations.

04/28/2012

Former ALHS researcher Joe Turner locking his bicycle at the old offices in Manhattan.

04/28/2012

Former ALHS researcher Joe Turner locking his bicycle at the old offices in Manhattan.

05/30/2011

ALHS provides resources and facilities for researchers and scholars throughout the world. The Condor Grant rewards scholarship in genre literature, particularly detective and espionage fiction.