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  1. books
    Shonda Rhimes and Julia Quinn to Expand Shondaland With Bridgerton Prequel NovelFirst she takes over TV, soon literature, then … the world.
    By Jason P. Frank
  2. perfil
    Fernanda Melchor y la tragedia del machismoCon historias inspiradas en el crimen, la novelista arroja luz a los rincones oscuros de la masculinidad.
    By Max Pearl
  3. profile
    Fernanda Melchor Writes Tragic MachismoIn her crime-inspired novels, male fear and desire are two sides of the same coin.
    By Max Pearl
  4. literature
    Dolly Parton Is Writing Her First Novel Run, Rose, Run With James PattersonAnd it comes with a companion album, y’all.
    By Zoe Haylock
  5. keeping up with the ex-royals
    Meghan Markle Wrote a Children’s Book Inspired by Archie and HarryAwwwww.
    By Devon Ivie
  6. history lesson
    Emily Dickinson Didn’t Really Get High on Opium at a House Party, Right?It’s doubtful, but we asked a Dickinson scholar just to be sure.
    By Rachel Handler
  7. deaths
    Literary Critic Harold Bloom Dead at 89He taught his last class at Yale last week.
    By Charu Sinha
  8. literature
    You Get Oprah’s New Book Club, and You Get Oprah’s New Book ClubThanks, Apple TV+.
    By Devon Ivie
  9. memoirs
    I Tried to Be Virginia Woolf. A Brilliant New Memoir Comes Closer.Katharine Smyth’s All the Lives We Ever Lived is both a literary tribute and a powerful debut of its own.
    By Hillary Kelly
  10. books
    Publishers Weekly Has Acquired the MillionsIt was one of the last independent book blogs.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  11. books
    Here’s the List of This Year’s National Book Award WinnersIt includes a few surprises and the return of the Translated Literature category.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  12. Long Works of Literature Made Shorter—and Better—with the Addition of […] Atlas Shrugged “Who is John Galt?” The light was ebbing, and Eddie Willers could not distinguish the bum’s face. The bum had said it simply, […]
    By Brian Boone
  13. The Best Comedy Books of 2017 Do you like volumes of comic essays that you’ll end up reading entirely in one sitting? How about amusingly embarrassing memoirs, […]
    By Brian Boone
  14. tributes
    I Wish This Tribute to Oscar Wilde Could Remain in New York ForeverThis enchanted mise-en-scène is devoted to Wilde’s tragic last chapter: his trial and imprisonment for homosexuality, followed by his death in exile.
    By Jerry Saltz
  15. A Pairing Menu for Works of Postmodern Literature and Appropriate […] The paranoia-inducing The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon is best paired with a room temperature watermelon wine cooler, which should […]
    By Brian Boone
  16. The Best Comedy Books of 2016 Now what we’ve got here is an embarrassment of riches. There were so many truly funny books released this year, and funny books with […]
    By Brian Boone
  17. nobel bump
    Bob Dylan’s Book Sales Skyrocket After Nobel Prize WinSales for his music have increased, too.
    By Karen Brill
  18. radio vulture
    It Doesn’t Matter Whether Bob Dylan Is a Songwriter or a PoetHe’s both at once, and the Nobel Prize prompts a useful conversation.
    By Craig Jenkins
  19. the awards they are a-changin’
    Celebrities, Authors React to Bob Dylan’s Nobel“I’m a Dylan fan, but this is an ill conceived nostalgia award wrenched from the rancid prostates of senile, gibbering hippies.”
    By Devon Ivie
  20. on grammar
    Could We Just Lose the Adverb (Already)?A part of speech with all of these functions can’t possibly do all of them well. 
    By Christian Lorentzen
  21. Holden Caulfield Applies for an HR Position, by Dan MoreyGreg Roman Integrated Software 48 Detmire Road White Plains, NY 10601 Dear Mr. Roman, I’m writing to apply for the goddam HR Manager position […]
    By Brian Boone
  22. Literary Birth Complications, by Dan RozierA Huckleberry Fin Good News: It’s a boy! Bad News: It’s a boy with a full-grown killer whale dorsal fin. Humbert Humbert’s Disease […]
    By Brian Boone
  23. Jane Austen Responds to Spam, by Daniel HurwitzSubject: GOOD NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU!! From: David david@freeipad.org To: Jane Austen Hi Friend! OH MY GOSH! I know I shouldn’t talk about […]
    By Brian Boone
  24. Nick Offerman and Bo Burnham Both Have New Books Out TodayIt’s a big day for comedy books, as there are new ones out from Parks and Recreation’s mustachioed civil servant Nick Offerman and from […]
    By Bradford Evans
  25. 2013 Thurber Prize Finalists AnnouncedNamed after humorist James Thurber (pictured), the Thurber Prize for American Humor is the highest honor awarded for print humor writing, and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  26. Gary Oldman Brings the Appropriate Gravitas to R. Kelly’s Memoir And so it was written: “We’ll just let it do what it do.” It’s a shame Gary Oldman (aka the anti-Henny Youngman) chose to read this excerpt […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  27. Mrs. Peniston and the Hilarious Vulgarity in Edith Wharton’s House of MirthWhen reading respected literature from the Western canon, it can be difficult to process humor found within a thick tome. Sometimes it’s too […]
    By Justin Geldzahler
  28. books
    Try Differentiating Quotes Between James Joyce and Kool KeithGame on!
    By Eliot Glazer
  29. literature
    Beck Is Starting a Printing Press, Says Stephen MalkmusWhat else does Malkmus say?
    By Amos Barshad
  30. literature
    Andrew McCarthy, Travel Journalist, Is Writing a MemoirNot about acting, though.
    By Amos Barshad
  31. literature
    Hüsker Dü’s Bob Mould Will Drop His Memoir This SummerThis should be good.
    By Amos Barshad
  32. literature
    Billy Joel Won’t Tell Us All His Deep Dark SecretsHis memoir is canceled.
    By Amos Barshad
  33. Why Do We Suck The Humor Out Of Education?Abraham Lincoln was funny. Dante’s Inferno was funny. Chaucer was funnier than that one story involving a poker in the dude’s butt which your […]
    By Mike Drucker
  34. literature
    The Wall Street Journal Offers a Sneak Peek at Jay-Z’s Book of Annotated Lyrics“8. A reference to Depeche Mode’s ‘Personal Jesus.’”
    By Amos Barshad
  35. literature
    Jay-Z Will Release Debut Book via Moderately Popular Search EngineBing!
    By Amos Barshad
  36. literature
    Ricky Martin Memoir Coming SoonIt’s called ‘Me.’
    By Amos Barshad
  37. literature
    Dunder Mifflin Receptionist to Publish Debut NovelCongrats, Ellie Kemper!
    By Amos Barshad
  38. literature
    Which Red-Hot Amish Romance Novel Should We Read First?They all look so hot!
    By Lane Brown
  39. literature
    If You Know Only One Thing About V.S. Naipaul, It Should Be ThisThe ‘Times’ review of a new Naipual biography includes a few great anecdotes about him, but they’re all trumped by this one.
    By Amos Barshad
  40. snobbery
    Are American Writers Too Insular to Win the Nobel Prize?The top member of the award jury says that our literature is too ignorant to be considered seriously for a Nobel. Harumph!
    By Matthew Perpetua