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October 01, 2014

Spawned on website forums and defunct blogs, today’s urban legends live online — and they’re more horrifying than you’d imagine.

September 27, 2014

Welsh is one of the few contemporary Scottish authors to have captured the attention of mainstream America. What’s the attraction?

September 26, 2014

Striptease based on J. K. Rowling’s children’s books reveals the value of literature (and more).

September 23, 2014

Released the same year, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore’s Watchmen transformed comic books into graphic novels.

Philip Roth vs. Saul Bellow

September 23, 2014

What can the differences between the two teach us about post-World War II American literature?

September 18, 2014

The renowned children’s author undoubtedly has a way with words, but he’s also a master of confronting the difficulties of life.

September 17, 2014

The classic Victorian novelist reviews the recent YA best-seller.

September 16, 2014

Before personal tragedy deteriorated his work, Newton Thornburg was a talented, successful, important author. Now, he is no one.

September 15, 2014

Readers should embrace classic literature, but we shouldn’t worship The Classics.

September 12, 2014

Let’s be real: No one wants to get caught reading Fifty Shades of Grey on the subway.

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