February 28, 2013
Calling all fictionsexuals and bibliosexuals! Here's an alphabetical list of literary terms we bet even you weren't familiar with, culled from the geeky and disturbed pages of Urban Dictionary.
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Calling all fictionsexuals and bibliosexuals! Here's an alphabetical list of literary terms we bet even you weren't familiar with, culled from the geeky and disturbed pages of Urban Dictionary.
Read MoreIt’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and when you’re
tearing through yet another sleeve of Thin Mints, you’re going to want a good book
on hand to assuage the gluttonous guilt.
A weekly series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author
reading: the Q&A. This week, David Shields, whose new book, How Literature Saved My Life, is out now, explains a day in the life of a writer.
Of the nine films nominated for Best Picture at this year's Oscars, five are book adaptations. Do these films do their literary counterparts justice? We take a look at what the directors, authors, and book fans have to say.
Read MoreBaz Luhrmann’s spectacularly cast 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby premieres this May, and I’m so nervous I could throw up. To set expectations low, here are 10 botched literary adaptations nearly saved by shrewd casting decisions.
Read MoreA weekly series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author
reading: the Q&A. This week, Karen Russell, whose new book of stories, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, is out now, explains her writing process.
Herman Koch’s The Dinner chronicles four adults who come together because of a horrific act their kids have committed. Hints of Memento, a dash of The Silence of the Lambs ... read on for more of the celluloid ingredients Koch used to make his chef-d’oeuvre.
Read MoreWrite This Book! is a series in which Julia Langbein describes a book that does not exist — yet. Today, she gives you everything you need to become the next rockstar obituary writer.
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