After you read this list, you can proudly tell all your friends you were intellectually stimulated by reading 50 shades of gray.... READ ON
1983 was a banner year for American culture. If you're turning 30 this year, you're not alone—here are 30 things to celebrate with.... READ ON
Empty barns are one thing this country has plenty of, and a few enterprising booksellers have figured out something to do with all that space.... READ ON
On the surface, it might not seem like punk rock and Swiss modernism have much in common—but pick up Mike Joyce's book Swissted, out tomorrow, and you'll see that the music and art movements blend beautifully. ... READ ON
Not all authors' dedications are nice. Some—like these—are just plain mean.... READ ON
200 years to the day after Austen first published the classic novel, let's take a look at the pervasive trend of "Pride and Prejudice variation" — a name for any story that takes Austen's original novel and mashes it up with the author's own work.... READ ON
Sylvia Beach convinced the author to record passages of his most famous books.... READ ON
5 Questions: Bad to the Bone
Lesser-Known Founding Fathers
Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he died in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.
