Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?
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.
"You know what Chuck Norris calls World War II? Lunch." Watch what happens when three action icons and one hapless docent discuss violence, artistic and otherwise, at a members' preview of Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949-1962.
Read MoreA 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 MoreThis week's Intrepid Intern column features a Bingo drinking game for your Oscar weekend preparations. Let us know how far you get before you just start taking a shot every time Seth MacFarlane makes a fart joke.
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 MoreIf brevity is truly the soul of wit, then your Twitter feed is the Algonquin round table of today's digital Dorothy Parkers and Ogden Nashes. Here's a selection of our favorite tweets from the week; nominate yours by submitting to @blackballoonpub with #twitwit.
Read MoreIn a world teeming with tweets, Tumblrs, and status updates, poetry isn't exactly the most modern form of expression. Or is it? Read on for some choice incarnations of web-savvy poetry.
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