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The Dogs Who Haunt Edith Wharton’s Home

By Ellen Girardeau Kempler

October 27, 2014

The Mount is claimed to be the site of various ghost-sightings; why are some canine-related?

Celebrate National Friendship Month with an Album of Fabulous Author Friendships

By Freddie Moore

February 19, 2014

Melt your heart with these photos of famous author BFFs hanging out, and read some of their finest words on friendship.

It was a Different Time: 15 Wildly Offensive Quotes from Your Favorite Authors

By Michelle King

February 03, 2014

Can you continue loving an author’s work after discovering that he or she was a bigot?

Close Calls in Literary History: 10 Writers’ Brushes with Death

By Freddie Moore

January 24, 2014

Learn just how close the reaper came to taking literary classics like To the Lighthouse, The Bell Jar, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and more.

8 Authors Who Served

By Freddie Moore

November 11, 2013

We’re observing Veterans Day with stories of authors who served. Whether enlisting or volunteering, we’re paying tribute to them all.

Strike a Prose: 10 Author Photos Ripped From Vogue

By Kate Gavino

March 07, 2013

Upon trawling through the incredible Vogue online archive, we made a startling discovery: writers have been copping their author photo poses from the magazine's covers for decades. Don't believe us? We have proof.

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