No one summons up the "old weird America" in fiction like Karen Russell does. Her tall tales of alligator wrestlers in Florida, homesteaders on the Gothic Great Plains and female prospectors digging ...

Karen Russell, bestselling author of “Swamplandia!” and other novels, will discuss her latest work, “The Antidote” in Houston with Inprint on April 14. On April 14, 1935 a massive dust storm swept ...

In her much-anticipated new novel, "The Antidote," Karen Russell delves into what we lose when we collectively forget. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters overdeliver. Sign ...

Karen Russell’s 2011 novel “Swamplandia!” featured a section about how the United States Army Corps of Engineers tried to drain Florida’s swamps to create, the author says, “this American Eden of ...

Karen Russell, the New York Times best-selling author of six novels and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was named a tenured English professor on Jan. 1. This quarter, she is teaching ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Novels by Megha Majumdar and Karen Russell as well as a memoir by Yiyun Li are among the finalists Wednesday night for the 76th annual National Book Awards. Competitive awards will be ...