Find your next great literary insult in Nabokov's burn book.

Find your next great literary insult in Nabokov's burn book.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 16, 2022

Australian novelist John Hughes plagiarized from the obscure novel <em>The Great Gatsby</em>.

Australian novelist John Hughes plagiarized from the obscure novel The Great Gatsby.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 15, 2022

Unsurprisingly, LeVar Burton thinks book bans are embarrassing bullshit.

Unsurprisingly, LeVar Burton thinks book bans are embarrassing bullshit.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 13, 2022

The New York Public Library is giving 500,000 free books (for keeps!) to kids and families.

The New York Public Library is giving 500,000 free books (for keeps!) to kids and families.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 9, 2022

Did Dr. Seuss know what horses looked like? (An investigation.)

Did Dr. Seuss know what horses looked like? (An investigation.)

By Jessie Gaynor | June 8, 2022

Jared Kushner

Jared Kushner "secretly batted out" 40,000 words of his memoir in two weeks.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 8, 2022

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Michigan prisons have banned dictionaries in the "obscure" languages of Swahili and Spanish.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 2, 2022

Will this "bionic" font help you read faster?

By Jessie Gaynor | May 31, 2022

Congratulations to MacKenzie Scott, the least bad billionaire.

By Jessie Gaynor | May 24, 2022

Belarus has banned the sale of <em>1984</em>.

Belarus has banned the sale of 1984.

By Jessie Gaynor | May 20, 2022

Remembering the short-lived Starbucks lit mag that published Lydia Davis and James Salter.

Remembering the short-lived Starbucks lit mag that published Lydia Davis and James Salter.

By Jessie Gaynor | May 18, 2022

An Idaho school district has permanently banned 24 books, including <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em>.

An Idaho school district has permanently banned 24 books, including The Handmaid's Tale.

By Jessie Gaynor | May 11, 2022

Famous first lines, rewritten with a thesaurus.

Famous first lines, rewritten with a thesaurus.

By Jessie Gaynor | April 29, 2022

The 10 Best Book Covers of April

The 10 Best Book Covers of April

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Here are the winners of the 2022-2023 Rome Prize in literature.

Here are the winners of the 2022-2023 Rome Prize in literature.

By Jessie Gaynor | April 25, 2022

Dawnie Walton's <em>The Final Revival of Opal & Nev</em> has won the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Dawnie Walton's The Final Revival of Opal & Nev has won the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

By Jessie Gaynor | April 22, 2022

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