There is an oft-repeated internet maxim, usually attributed to George Orwell or Voltaire but actually coined by a neo-Nazi, that goes as follows: “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you ...

In “When All the Men Wore Hats,” Susan Cheever considers her father as a writer and a role model, recounting the stories behind his celebrated stories. By Alexandra Jacobs It’s not quite #MeToo, but a ...

John Cheever, shown above in 1975, enjoyed a revival in the late 1970s when The Stories Of John Cheever won the Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Critics Circle Award and the American Book Award.

An occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past. Toward the end of his life John Cheever was festooned in honors. In 1977, his novel ...

To listen to the Slate Audio Book Club discussion of John Cheever's "The Swimmer" and Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To Find," click the arrow on the player ...

John Cheever wrote more than 300 short stories and five novels. Known primarily as a modern master of the short story, he composed fantasies and satirical social commentaries about the people and life ...

At a panel discussion for the New Yorker Festival featuring Emma Cline, Mary Gaitskill, and moderator Molly Fisher, Cline said John Cheever’s much-anthologized short story “The Swimmer,” which first ...