It is appropriate, then, that Ali has been the subject of a great number of pieces in Esquire, most of them written by undisputed literary heavyweights, including Irwin Shaw and Norman Mailer among others.

This is Mr. Pitkethly's first stint as an executive producer, which makes the array of literary heavyweights he was able to enlist, not to mention the hefty budget, all the more remarkable.

This particular programme attracted literary heavyweights from the start, including the poet Robert Frost.

Not all the books are literary heavyweights, however; the writings of Garrison Keillor, Abbie Hoffman and Ken Follett can be found amid the classics.

- So it is to be the battle of the books; two literary heavyweights in the market place.

G Map The largest independent African-American bookstore in the country offers a good selection of works from literary heavyweights and pop writers alike.

Isn't yours supposed to be a bipartisan column focusing on, although certainly not limited to, show business, literary, athletic and artistic heavyweights?

A long-awaited memoir from the Irish novelist born in 1930, energised by encounters with Hollywood stars and literary heavyweights.

But the literary heavyweights who address the theme usually do so not as tragedy but as farce: think of William Gaddis's "JR," about an 11-year-old who puts together a multinational conglomerate.

Candidate folders then move to the selection committee, a revolving cast of 10 to 15 scientific, academic or literary heavyweights, like Saul Bellow and Jonas Salk.