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How Not Reading Harry Potter Shaped My Life
How Not Reading Harry Potter Shaped My Life
By Michelle King
July 31, 2014

Today is Harry Potter’s birthday ... or so I am told.

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No One Needs to Apologize for (nor Destroy) Manic Pixie Dream Girls
No One Needs to Apologize for (nor Destroy) Manic Pixie Dream Girls
By Adina Applebaum
July 21, 2014

Thanks but no thanks, John Green.

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The Many Faces of Lolita [NSFW-ish]
The Many Faces of Lolita [NSFW-ish]
By Freddie Moore
June 23, 2014

Despite Nabokov’s wishes, many designers have had a go at trying to illustrate his infamous nymphet.

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Peter Pan, the Boy Who Changed
Peter Pan, the Boy Who Changed
By Michelle King
June 19, 2014

On the 77th anniversary of J. M. Barrie’s death, we look at the ways in which his classic children’s story has been distorted over the years and why.

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Action? 5 Times Your Favorite Books Almost Hit the Screen
Action? 5 Times Your Favorite Books Almost Hit the Screen
By Adam D'Arpino
June 17, 2014

If your favorite work of literature has never been adapted into a movie or TV show, it’s not for a lack of trying.

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4 Great Films Inspired by 4 Great Short Stories — Which You Can Read Free Online!
4 Great Films Inspired by 4 Great Short Stories — Which You Can Read Free Online!
By Alex Trivilino
June 12, 2014

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Minority Report, Everything Must Go — all based on short stories, all available to read right now.

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Going Medieval on Game of Thrones: How Historically Accurate is the Show?
Going Medieval on Game of Thrones: How Historically Accurate is the Show?
By George Dobbs
June 10, 2014

Sure, there were no Starks or dragons, but what about regicide, the Westeros countryside and all that sex? Based in fact or fantasy?

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Literary Tourism: My Failed Attempt at Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco
Literary Tourism: My Failed Attempt at Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco
By Freddie Moore
June 04, 2014

Skipping Don Herron’s renowned tour, two New Yorkers try to take a walk in Hammett’s gumshoes for themselves.

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Write, Camera, Action: 11 Authors Who Wrote Screenplays
Write, Camera, Action: 11 Authors Who Wrote Screenplays
By Michelle King
June 03, 2014

And you thought Joan Didion, William Faulkner and Dave Eggers only wrote books.

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Dostoyevsky and the Silver Screen: The Best Film Adaptations of His Work
Dostoyevsky and the Silver Screen: The Best Film Adaptations of His Work
By Genna Rivieccio
May 22, 2014

Crime and Punishment, Notes from Underground, The Brothers Karamazov — basically everything by Dostoyevsky has been made into a movie more than once.

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