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Diagnosing the Mental Health Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh

October 14, 2014

The Canadian Medical Association Journal helps us understand the pathologies behind A. A. Milne’s classic children’s story characters.

Charles Dickens on "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

By Cath Murphy

September 17, 2014

The classic Victorian novelist reviews the recent YA best-seller.

“Bungalow 89” by James Franco: A Line-by-Line Edit

By Arvind Dilawar

June 12, 2014

Gordon Lish got to work with Raymond Carver. We’re stuck with Franco.

The Iron Dream: Why “Hitler’s” 1970s Sci-Fi Novel Still Matters

By David Forbes

June 05, 2014

Norman Spinrad’s 1972 novel “by Adolph Hitler" is a still-relevant attack on the connection between our concepts of heroism and fascism.

Authorgängers: 7 Writers and Their Celebrity Lookalikes

By Adina Applebaum

May 07, 2014

George Perec and Elijah Wood, E. E. Cummings and Channing Tatum, Ernest Hemingway and every old guy in Key West — authors may be singular in their talent, but not their looks.

Strange Finds: ‘Dragons: The Modern Infestation'

By jake goldman

June 25, 2013

A take on an imagined dragon boom in the modern world with lots of fire, destruction, cattle-snatching and singing — what, you didn’t know dragons could sing?

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