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CUCKOO’S CALLING and Disconnecting the Author from the Text

I recently finished Robert Galbraith’s…er, J.K. Rowling’s…The Cuckoo’s Calling. All in all, it was a good book. I thought the ...

Mittens Inspired by Pet Sematary

Last August I asked if anyone would knit me some bookish mittens to make it easier for me to travel ...

10 More Fabulous TV Author Cameos

The Live Ones Colin Dexter | Inspector Morse Collin Dexter appeared in most of the thirty-three Inspector Morse episodes and later in ...

Geeking Out with James Dashner

James Dashner wrote the wildly popular Maze Runner series (being made into a movie for 2014 release), and this fall ...

/r/Down the Rabbit Hole: A Bookish Introduction to Reddit

Even for those of us who consider ourselves technologically savvy, internet-literate, and “with it” in a way belied by our ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in September

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

10 Pieces of Stephen King Swag

It’s September, which to me means fall (even though it’s not fall, not in the Southern Hemisphere where it’s spring ...

Hayao Miyazaki and the Courage to Quit

Legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki – an animation god, and a remarkable storyteller beyond that – has just released his latest ...

Five Books to Watch For in September

September is jam-packed with a lot of great new releases — it’s a nice send-off to summer and a welcome ...

A Brief History of (Novelists on the Cover of) TIME

A brief history of novelists appearing on TIME Magazine's cover, including Graham Greene, J.D. Salinger, Toni Morrison, and Stephen King.