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Bret Easton Ellis On Death Threats, 'American Psycho' And The Best Novels Of His Generation

Posted 03.09.2012

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Bret Easton Ellis has never been known as the most shy and retiring literary figure. Author most famously of "American Psycho", in the latest issue of...

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What Do 'Breaking Dawn' And 'The Descendants' Have In Common?

Posted 12.07.2011

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What do tween blockbuster "Breaking Dawn: Part 1" and Alexander Payne's infidelity dramedy "The Descendants" have in common? Well, according to Jam...

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33 Literary Twitter Feeds To Follow

Poets & Writers | By Staff | Posted 08.16.2011

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There is a seemingly endless number of feeds and folks to follow on Twitter, but if you're interested in engaging, entertaining tweets that will keep ...

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Lying About Reading: Who's Keeping Score?

newyorker.com | Posted by Elizabeth Minkel | Posted 07.25.2011

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Big books have never really been my thing. The sweeping epics, the Great Russian Novels by the Great Russian Writers, the thousand-page masterpieces: ...

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What Your Literary Tote Bag Says About You

Vol. 1 Brooklyn | Posted 07.11.2011

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The Strand Bookstore tote: You probably don’t really live in New York. Either that or you’re a freshman at NYU....

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Book Cover Design: Where The Cover Of Your Favorite Novel Comes From

The Atlantic | CHARLOTTE STRICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every three months or so, we gather together. In our hands, launch meeting packets still hot off the copy machine. Our editor-in-chief sits at the hea...

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You Are What You Read

George Mitrovich | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Mitrovich

Of all the bookstore and newsstands I have been blessed to browse none matches the selection of quarterly publications and magazines of substance offered by Paras -- none.

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New York Literary Balls Honor Authors In Style

Los Angeles Times | Carolyn Kellogg | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, the Paris Review announced that it will hold its annual spring gala, the Revel, on April 13. Philip Roth -- whose first story was published...

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Poet-Critic Dan Chiasson, the Natural (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Chiasson has the easy charm of a natural New England oracle, in a tradition encompassing Emily Dickinson and William James, Robert Frost and Robe...

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Lorin Stein Is New Editor Of The Paris Review

The New Yorker | Thessaly La Force | Posted 05.25.2011

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We would like to offer a hearty congratulations to Lorin Stein, who has been named the next editor-in-chief of The Paris Review....

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