Writers form an accord with their work space that suits them: Some choose obsessive tidiness, others overwhelming clutter, says Mr. Kopelson in Neatness Counts: Essays on the Writer’s Desk (University ...

On display at Duke University's Rubenstein Library, the artifact signifies a long tradition of women supporting women writers.

Museum visitors will be asked whether they believe the piece of furniture really was Dr Johnson's desk The desk of the writer Dr Samuel Johnson is to be returned to his former London home for the ...

I’m trying to remember the first time I registered the image of a writer’s desk. It must have been in a movie—Little Women, maybe?—when a character was marked as identifiably different from the others ...

Some writers have a designated desk or a curated room where they work. Others write anywhere and everywhere. Katie de Cunha Lewin examines famous authors' spaces in her new book "The Writer's Room." ...

Seeking inspiration from Vincent Canby’s Gothic trestle table. By Julie Besonen Because of the pandemic, I have Vincent Canby’s desk. Millions of witty words must have drummed from his fingertips ...

One writer's fans got a sneak peek into his guarded life today, when an image of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's desk made its way to the Internet. Murakami's post to his website is the most recent ...