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Literary Tourism: Upper East Tennessee

I’m originally from the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, specifically a town called Maryville. It is a thriving metropolis ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in July

Expand your literary horizons with New Books!, a weekly newsletter spotlighting 3-5 exciting new releases, hand-picked by our very own Liberty Hardy. Sign up ...

On Books I Love That I’ll Never Re-read

There are certain books that I absolutely love that I re-read on a regular basis. To Kill A Mockingbird and ...

Why So Serious?: Reimagining the Author Photo

Everyone loves a good Serious Author Photo. Capturing writers in their natural habitat of intense concentration, brows furrowed in pensive ...

The Book I Cannot Stop Reading

This is a guest post from Josh Hanagarne, a 6’7″, 260 lb librarian in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has ...

Does the MacArthur Genius Grant Result in More Genius?

In 1981, Cormac McCarthy, at age 48, was named one of the first MacArthur Foundation Fellows (more commonly known these ...

Trailer for THE COUNSELOR, Written by Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy at the pen, Ridley Scott at the helm, a roster including Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron ...

Movie Tie-In Covers Are Great (And So Can You!)

Over on Twitter, BookRiot Head Honcho, Raconteur, and Gadfly Jeff O’Neal said, and I quote, “Nothing brings out the lit ...

What Your Brain Sounds Like On Books

Everyone has synaesthesia. Thankfully, this is not some terrible equine-meat borne virus. It is when our synapses put their keys ...

Movie-to-Book Recommendation Engine: VOLCANO

I adore disaster movies, and I must not be the only one, because they’ve made a zillion of them. They ...