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Jack Kerouac died in 1969, the first of the major Beat writers to go by a long shot. Not that it's stopped people...

People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books,...

So here's a story that's blowing up the literature blogosphere right now: it seems the powers-that-be at publishing...

People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books,...

Maybe you know Philip K. Dick as the guy who wrote the book that Blade Runner is based on. Or maybe you know him...

People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books,...

Here's a nice read for a lazy Sunday evening: New York Times frequent contributor Henry Alford has an essay in the...

People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books,...

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Recently it came to my attention that the Turkish school curriculum has...

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Wednesday Literary Quarterly features the newest works from some of Los Angeles’ brightest writers. The mag is...

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A few weeks back a client insisted that I had to “meet” Last...