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A James Joyce Biography for Everyone
The New York Sun· 7 days agoIf you know a little about James Joyce and would like to know more but not too much, this is the book for you. The common complaint against modern...
25 photos of what Paris looked like the last time it hosted the Olympics
Stacker via AOL· 9 hours agoZelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and Pablo Picasso were among those who gathered at...
Whoopi Goldberg on Alice Walker, 'Sex and the City,' and the Last Book She Bought
Elle via AOL· 7 days agoAnd I understood wanting to live that way. You have to grow up, but I did it reluctantly. …I swear...
Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dies at 77
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 6 days agoPaul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1,” has died at age 77. NEW YORK ...
Can You Recognize This Novel From a One-Line Description?
New York Times· 2 days agoWelcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s multiple-choice quiz designed to test your knowledge of books and literary culture. This week’s challenge asks you to identify five famous 20th-century ...
Claire Messud Writes Novels for a Different Century
Vulture· 16 hours agoClaire Messud’s best-known book, The Emperor’s Children, came out in 2006. Its characters are haughtily ambitious young people in early-aughts New York...
Mike Birbiglia's Titles, Including THE OLD MAN AND THE POOL, Acquired By Concord Theatricals
Broadway World· 18 hours agoConcord Theatricals has acquired the titles of Mike Birbiglia, with five of his stage works soon to...
The Complicated Ethics of Rare-Book Collecting
The Atlantic· 6 days agoIn 1939, Ernest Hemingway left a large collection of his belongings—the manuscript of his earliest short story, childhood trinkets, memorabilia from his...
Gabriel García Márquez Wanted His Final Novel Destroyed. Here’s Why His Sons Published It Anyway.
The Huffington Post· 7 days agoReleased in March this year, “Until August” tells the story of a woman, Ana Magdalena Bach, who...
The Surprising Former Life of Joseph Epstein - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
American Spectator· 1 day agoBefore perusing the long and impressive list of Joseph Epstein’s books that fills two pages of the front matter of his latest collection, Familiarity Breeds Content: New and Selected Essays, ...
