The best flowers in literature.

The best flowers in literature.

By Emily Temple | April 11, 2023

Watch the only remaining footage of the very first film adaptation of <em>The Great Gatsby.</em>

Watch the only remaining footage of the very first film adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

By Emily Temple | April 10, 2023

Just leave <em>Cruel Intentions</em> alone.

Just leave Cruel Intentions alone.

By Emily Temple | April 5, 2023

Yiyun Li has won the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for <em>The Book of Goose</em>.

Yiyun Li has won the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for The Book of Goose.

By Emily Temple | April 4, 2023

Here are the winners of the 2023 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

By Emily Temple | April 4, 2023

A new edition of <em>Gone With the Wind</em> comes with a warning.

A new edition of Gone With the Wind comes with a warning.

By Emily Temple | April 3, 2023

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Here are the winners of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Awards.

Here are the winners of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Awards.

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Live out your Jane Austen cosplay fantasies in the Austen family home, now for sale.

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Jonathan Franzen would like to remind you to keep your vicious little cats indoors.

Jonathan Franzen would like to remind you to keep your vicious little cats indoors.

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Read Mary Gaitskill's sequel (of sorts) to her classic short story

Read Mary Gaitskill's sequel (of sorts) to her classic short story "Secretary."

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Turns out that America's most "recession-proof" business is . . . bookstores.

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Watch the very weird trailer for Haruki Murakami adaptation <em>Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman</em>.

Watch the very weird trailer for Haruki Murakami adaptation Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

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