October 23, 2014

Harvey Pekar’s Our Cancer Year, David Small’s Stitches, Julia Wertz’s The Infinite Wait — how do graphic novels plumb sickness so deeply?

October 22, 2014

Herman Melville's masterpiece brought to Tommy Wiseau’s The Room-depth ruin — and a drinking game to accompany it!

October 15, 2014

Led by a dream to the Italian writer’s novel; led by the novel back to reality.

September 29, 2014

Lazy Fascist, Broken River and Civil Coping Mechanisms are hoping to launch an indie bookstore/craft beer shop, but they need your help.

September 22, 2014

179 years ago today, it was OK to marry your underage first cousin — and Poe did exactly that with Virginia Eliza Clemm.

September 12, 2014

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

August 18, 2014

With all the talk of e-book prices and the future “Netflix of books,” let’s not lose sight of the importance of actual books.

August 14, 2014

The 2014 Man Booker has failed many of its readers, but The Guardian’s annual Not the Booker could be the alternative we all need.

August 04, 2014

The prize’s first “global” longlist proves the skeptics right.

July 28, 2014

Keret’s new op-ed in The New Yorker resounds a very necessary call for writers to speak their minds.