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

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8 Hilarious Audiobooks Written and Narrated by Comedians
8 Hilarious Audiobooks Written and Narrated by Comedians
By Jake Flanagin
October 14, 2013

If you want a laugh but are too lazy to read, these audiobooks narrated by their comic authors are for you.

 
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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Jhumpa Lahiri at St. Joseph’s College
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Jhumpa Lahiri at St. Joseph’s College
By Freddie Moore
October 10, 2013

Jhumpa Lahiri discusses the inspiration for her new novel, The Lowland, her family’s politics and the mystery of her parents’ lives in India.

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And Every Day Was Overcast
And Every Day Was Overcast
By Paul Kwiatkowski
October 09, 2013

Among the strip malls and swamps of South Florida, a teenager struggles with the violence of everyday life.

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Make Something Offensive: An Interview with Social Malpractice Publishing
Make Something Offensive: An Interview with Social Malpractice Publishing
By Elizabeth Karp-Evans
October 07, 2013

Social Malpractice Publishing, an independent press from Portland, talks about the NY ART BOOK FAIR, pissing people off & Oprah.

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

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Sonic Dimensions: Paul Kwiatkowski on His Novel's Soundtrack
Sonic Dimensions: Paul Kwiatkowski on His Novel's Soundtrack
By Arvind Dilawar
October 01, 2013

Paul Kwiatkowski's debut novel, And Every Day Was Overcast, includes photographs, handwritten notes and ... a soundtrack?

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Geography Doesn't Exist Anymore: An Interview with Scott McClanahan
Geography Doesn't Exist Anymore: An Interview with Scott McClanahan
By Eric Nelson
September 25, 2013

The author talks vulnerability, love and how long you can wear a pair of jeans without washing them.

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10 Books That Would’ve Won the Man Booker Under Its New Rules
10 Books That Would’ve Won the Man Booker Under Its New Rules
By Misha Grunbaum
September 24, 2013

Starting next year, the Man Booker Prize will be open to any work written in English & published in the U.K. — but what if it was that way for the last decade?

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The Political Economy of Zombies
The Political Economy of Zombies
By John Powers
September 17, 2013

Over the past few years, the zombie apocalypse has come to represent an alternative to neoliberalism — an ideology that admits no alternatives.

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