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The Art of Riot

October 02, 2014

When people take to the streets to express their support or displeasure over … art?

September 09, 2014

Get from Oscar Wilde to Roald Dahl in 12 romances.

August 07, 2014

Though dead, these authors still draw a crowd.

June 10, 2014

Prove once and for all that you’re Oscar Wilde’s greatest fan by identifying his penmanship.

May 22, 2014

Celebrate Moz’s birthday the way he would: sulking in a corner over a good book.

May 16, 2014

On the 297th anniversary of Voltaire’s imprisonment in the Bastille, we celebrate authors who made the most of their time served.

April 10, 2014

Spring is finally here, so it’s time to clean out your emotional closet. Get a hand with these authors’ words about forgiving.

March 17, 2014

Seven Irish writers walk into a bar ...

November 27, 2013

Writers on the good, the bad and the morally questionable aspects of family, food and the holidays.

June 24, 2013

We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... deeper meaning? Hidden truth? Happy coincidence?

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