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A New Law Is Causing Problems for California Booksellers

A New Law Is Causing Problems for California Booksellers

“I don’t think there’s any way to comply."

By Emily Temple | December 14, 2016

Watch the Creepy 1969 Short Film Adaptation of

Watch the Creepy 1969 Short Film Adaptation of "The Lottery"

Happy Birthday Shirley Jackson, We Love You

By Emily Temple | December 14, 2016

Watch Shirley Hazzard's Brilliance in Action

Watch Shirley Hazzard's Brilliance in Action

Goodbye to One of our greatest novelists

By Emily Temple | December 14, 2016

A Found Poem About The State of Things in 2016

A Found Poem About The State of Things in 2016

From The New Yorker's Poems of the Year

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2016

Even Bob Dylan Doesn't Think His Songs Are Literature

Even Bob Dylan Doesn't Think His Songs Are Literature

Just Like Shakespeare, Apparently

By Emily Temple | December 12, 2016

Let Grace Paley Inspire Your Creativity and Activism in 2017

Let Grace Paley Inspire Your Creativity and Activism in 2017

"You have to make music of it somehow."

By Emily Temple | December 12, 2016

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An Incomplete Guide to Proper Literary Name-Dropping

By Emily Temple | December 9, 2016

Art Inspired by the Great Angela Carter

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Why Do We Keep Fighting Over 'To Kill A Mockingbird'?

By Emily Temple | December 7, 2016

Watch James Toback Tell The Story of Getting Punched by Norman Mailer

Watch James Toback Tell The Story of Getting Punched by Norman Mailer

Apparently, the key to being a great American writer is: bourbon

By Emily Temple | December 6, 2016

Watch Joan Didion Talk About Writing as Aggression

Watch Joan Didion Talk About Writing as Aggression

Happy 82nd Birthday, Joan!

By Emily Temple | December 5, 2016

8 Great Movies Based on Unusual Literary Source Material

8 Great Movies Based on Unusual Literary Source Material

Putting all those old letters and Arlo Guthrie songs to use

By Emily Temple | December 2, 2016

10 Dystopian Novels to Inspire You to Fight for Your Reproductive Freedoms

10 Dystopian Novels to Inspire You to Fight for Your Reproductive Freedoms

Because Women's Rights Are Human Rights

By Emily Temple | December 1, 2016

Would You Like Book Recs from Margaret Atwood on Your Phone?

Would You Like Book Recs from Margaret Atwood on Your Phone?

Sometimes the internet is a very good thing

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2016

Baffling Omissions from the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

Baffling Omissions from the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

Seriously, Guys, You Left Off a National Book Award Winner

By Emily Temple | November 29, 2016

On Fidel Castro's Friendships With Literary Giants

On Fidel Castro's Friendships With Literary Giants

The Good, the Fake, and the Ugly

By Emily Temple | November 28, 2016

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