Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz appeared on The Colbert Report last night to discuss the nerdiness of his title character in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; Joseph Pulitzer's immigrant past; and his parents' confusion about what the Pulitzer prize actually is. When Mr. Colbert asked about scenes in Mr. Diaz's book that involve beatings in Dominican cane fields, Mr. Diaz replied: "Cane fields are scary. Any time you drive by them, they're like triffids. They crack in the wind."

Triffids are deadly, semi-intelligent, make-believe plants that have thick tentacles and spray poisonous gas featured in science fiction novels, including The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham and Simon Clark's The Night of the Triffids.  read more »

On Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Washington D.C., writers from Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” will be staging a mock debate about the writers strike, called “the State of the Union.”  read more »

"Stephen Colbert" has become one of the most richly textured characters on television. Sadly, none of that makes I Am America (And So Can You!) worth reading.  read more »