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Paranoid Burlesque: William S. Burroughs At 100
Ken Layne · 02/05/14 11:40AMTypes of Books That Should Be Illegal
Hamilton Nolan · 02/04/14 03:07PMCruel Judge Sentences Woman To Read Malcolm Gladwell As Punishment
Brendan O'Connor · 02/01/14 11:45AMKen Layne · 01/10/14 05:59PM
Ex-Defense Secretary's Grumpy Memoir Blasts Obama, Praises Obama
Adam Weinstein · 01/08/14 09:39AMAdam Weinstein · 12/30/13 03:56PM
Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain
Sarah Hedgecock · 12/28/13 11:30AMRick Warren Is Selling a Diet Book Because, I Dunno, Jesus?
Hamilton Nolan · 12/02/13 12:50PMMax Read · 11/21/13 09:39AM
William Weaver, the Italian translator who rendered Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco into English, has died at 90. If your obituary can include this sentence it's fair to say you led a good life: "Midway through our meal of pasta with lemon and cream sauce, Muriel Spark walked in with a basketful of forest mushrooms[.]"
Fifty Shades of Grey Has Herpes (No, Really)
Sarah Hedgecock · 11/14/13 04:00PMChat With Rush and Molloy About Gossip, Celebrities, and Scandal
Hamilton Nolan · 10/23/13 12:15PMVeteran journalists and married couple George Rush and Joanna Molloy spent 15 years as gossip columnists at the New York Daily News, earning a reputation as the more upstanding yin to Page Six's take-no-prisoners yang. Rush and Molloy will be here at 2 p.m. to discuss their new book, Scandal. Ask them gossipy questions below!
Five Morrissey Affirmations from His Autobiography (Spoiler: He's Gay)
Camille Dodero · 10/17/13 02:44PMProfessional sad man Morrissey had a memoir in the works, but then he didn't, but then he did, and today the British contrarian's self-portrayal was finally released in Europe. Weighing more than a pound, the 480-pager is an instant classic—that is, according to Penguin Classics, an imprint historically reserved for educational materials like Little Women and cornerstones of civilizations like the Iliad, which added Morrissey's Autobiography to its illustrious ranks by publishing this thick doorstop. Naturally, arbiters of literary standards are miffed. As if it matters.
What If Dick Cheney's First Heart Attack Had Killed Him?
Hamilton Nolan · 10/17/13 11:26AMHorny Ghost Of Osama Bin Laden Is the Book of the Year
Max Read · 10/09/13 11:01AMCord Jefferson · 10/04/13 07:54PM
Stop me if you think you've heard this one before: Morrissey is publishing an autobiography. After reportedly having his book deal fall apart last month, Morrissey and Penguin Classics have announced that Moz' book will be published on October 17, according to the Guardian. The original draft was reportedly 660 pages.
J.K. Trotter · 09/26/13 01:02PM
Cord Jefferson · 09/20/13 11:56AM
North Carolina's Randolph County Board of Education is reconsidering its decision to ban the Ralph Ellison novel Invisible Man for having questionable literary value. The Courier-Tribune reports that at the hearing to ban the book "there was no indication during the discussion if [the board] had all read it."
The Bizarre Parent Letter that Got Invisible Man Banned from Schools
J.K. Trotter · 09/19/13 05:15PMRandolph County in North Carolina recently voted to ban Ralph Ellison’s classic 1952 novel Invisible Man from school libraries over its portrayal of mature topics like sex and rape. Why? Kathi Keys at the Courier-Tribune reports that Kimiyutta Parson, the parent of a local high-schooler, submitted a “complaint” outlining in great, and often bizarre, detail how the National Book Award-winning novel “is not so innocent; instead, this book is filthier, too much for teenagers.”