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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is also having a birthday. Emily Gould's writes up the mis/perceptions on the book over at The Poetry Foundation

It was announced via a variety of mediums yesterday and in the NY Observer that 'controversial' author Tao Lin has gained representation from agent Bill

Read this story, “And Understand By this” by Gabe Durham in Route 9. I was struck by it for 2, maybe 3 reasons: Gabe and

This article at The Daily Beast about the 60th anniversary of Catcher in The Rye struck me as a bit odd. Written by Ned Vizzini,

We know the power and love of Craigslist missed connections, so many misplaced dreams on a fleeting whim. Brian Oliu takes them to a different

Was trying to avoid this topic by all accounts, tired of the blathering mourning over a huge conglomerate, plus the Borders in my town was

It's true, I check Grantland (Presented by…Bill Simmons!) almost everyday. I like to read Simmons, I listen to his podcast (this is a fact that

Uber-indie author Blake Butler (the man has two books out in one year!) has delved into his spare time to offer some lit mag advice.

New word from the mountain of crap that is the book industry: Snooki got another book deal for a fiction book. Now, for those keeping

Browse your bookstore, put it on hold at the library, or hack a Kindle, but find a way to David Foster Wallace's The Pale King.