- 6/6/12 /
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Ray Bradbury Dead at 91
A sad day for speculative fiction.
Books
- 6/5/12 /
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Breakfast With Stephen Colbert Involves Euphemisms for His Penis
At the annual Book Expo America, the comedian brought the laughs, but it was author Barbara Kingsolver who captivated the audience.
- 6/4/12 /
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The Vulture Diaries: George Pelecanos’s Week in Culture
The inaugural edition of an occasional series in which famous people tell us how they spent their week in pop culture.
- 6/3/12 /
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Schulz on the Terrors and Pleasures of Robert Frost
A look at The Art of Robert Frost by Tim Kendall.
- 6/2/12 /
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Hand-Drawn Tintin in America Cover Sells for $1.6 Million
The buyer understandably wishes it hadn't cost quite so much.
- 6/2/12 /
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Oprah Is Back With Book Club 2.0
Updated for "our digital world."
- 6/1/12 /
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Vulture Recommends: Jessica Grose’s Summer Reads to Look Out For
Five books to look forward to this summer.
- 5/31/12 /
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The 50 Worst Synonyms in Fifty Shades of Grey
Thesaurus.com is E.L. James's dominant.
- 5/31/12 /
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Devil Wears Prada Is Getting a (Book) Sequel
With a movie to follow, presumably.
- 5/25/12 /
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So John Waters Was Hitchhiking for a Book
He says everyone was "lovely."
- 5/24/12 /
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Nebraska Moms Like Fifty Shades the Most
Mississippi moms, too.
- 5/24/12 /
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Jennifer Egan’s New Yorker Story Will Be Serialized on Twitter Over Ten Nights
All 8,500 words of it.
- 5/23/12 /
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Let’s Dive Deep Into The Great Gatsby Trailer
Confused Leo, and other observations.
- 5/22/12 /
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Fifty Shades Sales: 10 Million and Counting
That is a lot of emoticons!
- 5/21/12 /
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Watch Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron Read From 50 Shades of Grey
"Oh-so-happy trail." Touché.
- 5/18/12 /
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Hear Gilbert Gottfried Read 50 Shades of Grey
There goes your bath!
- 5/17/12 /
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Sci-Fi Version of Fifty Shades of Grey Picked Up by Fox
The fanfic-to-film trend has arrived.
- 5/16/12 /
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Charlaine Harris Is Done With Sookie Stackhouse
After thirteen books.
- 5/16/12 /
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Read an Infographic That Teaches You How a Book Is Born
You still have a chance!
- 5/14/12 /
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Check Out an Adorable Avengers-Themed Maurice Sendak Tribute
Someone make this book happen! (On second thought, don't.)
- 5/12/12 /
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Paramount Makes Deal for Godfather Prequel
A book, not a movie. At least not yet.
- 5/11/12 /
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Watch Unseen Footage of Stephen Colbert’s Interview With Maurice Sendak
He will never be forgotten, because he was so cool.
- 5/10/12 /
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E.L. James Has Two More Books Coming
And one of them is for kids!
- 5/8/12 /
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Maurice Sendak: The King of All the Wild Things
Book critic Kathryn Schulz on the man behind a whole raft of beastie boys.
- 5/8/12 /
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Ten Ways Maurice Sendak Defined Your Childhood
The books of Sendak, who died today at 83, are as universal a staple of early childhood as a pacifier or a tantrum.