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“Nobody knows what’s going to happen to anybody”: 2011 in Final Lines

To find a twitching sign of life in the idea that everyone has a book in them, consider how we ...

The Ephemeral Future of Authors’ Ephemera

On a recent visit to the New York Public Library’s main branch, I found myself mesmerized by the centennial exhibit ...

It’s time for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award quiz!

They might be the great chroniclers of what happens between mankind’s ears – giving language to our greatest fears, hopes ...

The Nose Knows: A Perfumer Captures the Scent of a Library

To book lovers like us, the smell of leather-bound tomes or fresh paperbacks can be utterly seductive. Ever wish you ...

Welcome to the Library of Fictional Fiction

The Library of Fictional Fiction: a place populated with books that only exist in works of fiction. Books within books. Untamed by the Dewey decimal system.

Drop It Like It’s Haute: 5 Authors We Want to See Host the Oscars

Welcome to Drop It Like It’s Haute, a weekly celebration of that unholiest of marriages between pop culture and literature. __________ ...

Veterans Day: A Remembrance

Years ago, when I was the likeliest lass in AP English class, I won a VFW award for an essay ...

Amplified eBooks :: A Resounding “Yes Please!”

Are electronic amplified versions of books the next big thing in publishing? Are these going to flip up the skirts ...

Drop It Like It’s Haute: If Lisbeth Gets a Clothing Line, These Should Too!

Welcome to Drop It Like It’s Haute, a weekly celebration of that unholiest of marriages between pop culture and literature. __________ ...

7 Ways to Fake It at Book Club

So, your book club is getting ready to meet and you’ve read….the cover blurbs. You really wanted to read the ...