"Welcome to the Garden of Forking Paths, one of the most intriguing areas of the Libyrinth of Allexamina. Here you will find access to the garden planted by J.L. Borges, the Argentine writer, poet and philosopher. Although I tend the garden as well as I can, beware: among these sprawling labyrinths you will find illusions most seductive and truths most elusive. Let me show you around.

In  this interview, conducted during Rushdie's tour for his novel "The Moor's Last Sigh," the author discusses how the fatwa had effected him and what has inspired him through the years to write.

In this interview, Vollmann talks about his life, travels, and experiences and how they inspired his literature. Trips to Afghanistan, Thailand, Somalia, Madagascar, the North Pole, and other locations have provided the base for his novels, as well as living within the San Francisco / Berkeley sub-culture.

T.S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, based on the strength of his poetry, prose, essays, and plays. The Nobel Foundation has an excellent page of resources dedicated to the great author, including the text of his acceptance speech when the prize was awarded.