I had no idea what I had stumbled upon when I began reading The Vampyre, initially attracted only by its title.
Carolyn Vega | Posted 03.10.2012
This essay, which is considered one of his most important prose works, was first penned sometime in late 1819 in the back of a small vellum-bound notebook.
flavorwire.com | Posted 07.11.2011
In preparation for Celebrating 100 Years, the New York Public Library’s centennial exhibition, the curators at the library came upon some unexpected...
Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011
Soon after Amazon announced it was selling 143 ebooks for every 100 hardcovers, a writer friend with a new iPad told me she had gotten rid of five shelves of books.
The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011
Literary prodigies. In the Scorsese documentary on her, Fran Liebowitz claimed there weren't any, but we beg to differ. There's always Anne Frank, but...
Stephanie Green | Posted 05.25.2011
Here are some classic examples of Miss Dickinson's naughty but nice verses. Caution: Do not try reading these at home alone.
The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011
Back in 1808, a 10-year-old Mary Shelley broke into the book business. Her anarchist philosopher father owned a publishing company, and was creating a children's book called Mounseer Nongtongpaw.
Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011
We rejoin our competition with the houseguests clinging to a spinning giant paint can while being splattered with gaily-colored effluvia, and slapped by a paint brush the size of my second husband.
Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011
Captain Kosher's parting shots last week set off dynamite in Rachel, aka Boobiac, which detonated in Kristen's face the moment Boobiac won HOH a second time, thus demonstrating that she is the Empress Caligulotta.
Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011
Which weighs more on the What Really Matters scale, a life of selfless, loving service to loved ones, or a couple of published books? How do we measure the value of our time?
Varla Ventura | Posted 04.15.2012