John Cheever's writing of his most outstanding work, the novel "Falconer," was interrupted by a bout of severe alcoholism. After treatment, his creativity powerfully returned.

Cheever's alcoholism increased during his writing of his novel "Falconer." ... and winner of both the National Book Award for The Wapshot Chronicle and the Pulitzer Prize for his collected stories.

In the preface to his Collected Stories, Cheever had unflattering things to say about young writers and himself in particular.“A writer can be seen clumsily learning to walk, to tie his necktie ...

Over the course of his long writing career, John Cheever published more than 100 stories in The New Yorker. Readers this week can enjoy an online look at “Reunion,” a short story originally ...