Surveying literature, art & culture from an altitude of 5,000 feet while traveling at 53 miles per hour

Main Menu

Lights, Camera, Static: 10 Books That Will Never be Adapted by Hollywood

By Michelle King

October 21, 2013

Rest easy, bibliophiles: No director will be ruining these beloved books.

What if Salinger had Listened to His Dad and Become a Cheese and Meat Importer?

By Freddie Moore

October 03, 2013

We explore the darkest possible outcome of J.D. Salinger’s life: that in which he ditches writing for a job as a meat and cheese importer.

22 Out-of-Print J.D. Salinger Stories You Can Still Read Online [UPDATED]

By Freddie Moore

September 06, 2013

Get your Salinger fix and some insight into his forthcoming books with these “lost” stories. UPDATE: The literary representative of Salinger's estate contacted us ...

Book Sword: J.D. Salinger, Colson Whitehead, and W.G. Sebald

By Kate Gavino

May 08, 2013

Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?

Featured

Eat Prey Drug: Summerland

The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft

The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still