When Mark Melvin asked his friend to order him a Pulitzer Prize-winning history book, he didn't expect to have to file a lawsuit in order to read it. ...

The architect Philip Johnson's Glass House is one of the most important icons of modern architecture. For nearly five decades, Johnson and the art col...

The book "The Exorcist", famously made into a movie in 1973, came out 40 years ago. To celebrate this anniversary, the author William Peter Blatty...

The day before the official announcement, Bob Dylan was installed as UK betting company Ladbrokes' favorite to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. ...

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A cheer went up in the Swedish Academy as they announced that, for the first time since 1974, one of their fellow countrymen had been awarded the Nobe...

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In January 1993, Saddam Hussein predicted that the American economy would struggle due to overspending on military operations overseas, according to a...

By Christine Spines via Word & Film Stephenie Meyer’s decision to produce “Austenland” — a film about a woman so obsessed with the taciturn...

There was confusion over the shortlist of the 60th annual National Book Awards, as the wrong title was announced in one of the categories. The awa...

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Its statement is simple and stark. "We, the undersigned writers and all who will join us, support Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement aroun...

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In the opening of issue #2 of the Daredevil re-launch, you'll find the Man Without Fear perched beneath the iron undercarriage of a fully realized rep...

On Tuesday, the latest winner of The Man Booker Prize will be announced. It's one of the most important literary prizes in the English language - but ...

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It's one embarrassment after another for this year's National Book Awards. First, they name the wrong book in the shortlist for the Young People'...

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NEW YORK -- P.D. James could hold back no longer. The 91-year-old detective novelist said Wednesday she was glad to finally complete a long-desired p...