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A Brief Survey of the Great American Novel(s)

A Brief Survey of the Great American Novel(s)

Do We Need The G.A.N.? Why Do We Keep Looking?

By Emily Temple | January 9, 2017

A Literary Feud is Afoot!

A Literary Feud is Afoot!

Ralph Jones and Mark Gatiss Argue about Sherlock—in Verse

By Emily Temple | January 9, 2017

Your Essential Literary Guide to the 2017 Golden Globes

Your Essential Literary Guide to the 2017 Golden Globes

How to Sound Book Smart at Your Viewing Party This Weekend

By Emily Temple | January 6, 2017

Watch John Berryman's Drunken 1967 Interview for the BBC

Watch John Berryman's Drunken 1967 Interview for the BBC

Life, friends, is boring.

By Emily Temple | January 6, 2017

Why Every Aspiring Writer Should Go See <em>Paterson</em>

Why Every Aspiring Writer Should Go See Paterson

Indulge in a rare bit of artistic realism

By Emily Temple | January 5, 2017

Notable Literary Deaths in 2016

Notable Literary Deaths in 2016

A Last Goodbye to Authors We've Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 30, 2016

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The Best Literary Adaptations of the Year (And the 2016 Books That Should Be Movies)

By Emily Temple | December 30, 2016

7 Debut Novelists on Their 2017 Resolutions

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15 Books to Read If You Find Yourself Alone for the Holidays

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2016

On the Pantsuit Nation Book and the KKK TV Show

On the Pantsuit Nation Book and the KKK TV Show

Against the instant commodification of culture

By Emily Temple | December 22, 2016

The 60 Best Book Covers of 2016, As Chosen By Designers

The 60 Best Book Covers of 2016, As Chosen By Designers

As chosen by the best book cover designers in the business

By Emily Temple | December 21, 2016

18 Non-Book Gifts for Literary People

18 Non-Book Gifts for Literary People

What do you give someone who already has every book?

By Emily Temple | December 20, 2016

Please Don't Make Your Child Read Hemingway

Please Don't Make Your Child Read Hemingway

(Because why would you want to?)

By Emily Temple | December 20, 2016

Rabih Alameddine is Amplifying the Images and Art of Aleppo

Rabih Alameddine is Amplifying the Images and Art of Aleppo

Yet another reason to follow this great writer on Twitter

By Emily Temple | December 19, 2016

Human Hair, Dolls Clothes, Love Letters and Other Strange Things Found in Old Books

Human Hair, Dolls Clothes, Love Letters and Other Strange Things Found in Old Books

UVA's Book Traces Project tracks human interactions with physical books

By Emily Temple | December 16, 2016

Watch a Video about the Beauty of the Literary Barbershop

Watch a Video about the Beauty of the Literary Barbershop

In Ypsilanti, Michigan, one barbershop gives a discount to kids who read

By Emily Temple | December 16, 2016

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