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.
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On the 297th anniversary of Voltaire’s imprisonment in the Bastille, we celebrate authors who made the most of their time served.
Read MoreOn the road home, two cousins share an experience that pierces through the routine to reveal what's truly important.
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Read MoreCould all of these deaths make it into a song unsoundly titled “Ironic?” See for yourself, Alanis Morissette.
Read MoreThese three poems might not be as dirty as “A Man from Nantucket,” but with Nabokov, Bukowski and McInerney, we’re getting close.
Read MoreGeorge Perec and Elijah Wood, E. E. Cummings and Channing Tatum, Ernest Hemingway and every old guy in Key West — authors may be singular in their talent, but not their looks.
Read MoreFrom Freak Power to McCarthy-esque anti-Communism, five authors who loudly proclaimed their political allegiances.
Read MoreFrom ecstatic to suicidal, an emotional scale based on your favorite literary characters.
Read MoreComprised of one-hit wonders and national heroes, these are the authors who occupy hallowed space on bookshelves in Mexico.
Read MoreKevin Clouther, author of Black Balloon Publishing's new collection of short stories We Were Flying to Chicago, discusses the inspiration for his stories, conflict in fiction and grace in literature.
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