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In Praise of the Literary Provocateur

On the value of writers who are willing to push the political and social envelope.

A Morning At the Decatur Book Festival

Maybe an indie book festival is an ideal place to encounter readers who, in their particularity, are also so like you.

EXCLUSIVE: Erica Jong on Writing and Collecting Banned Books

What a perfect way to wrap up Banned Books Week! A big thanks to the awesome team at Open Road Media ...

Write Place, Write Time: Erica Jong

I love to write early in the morning when the whole world is quiet except for the birds. Whether in ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: June 26, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback.  [galleryview ...

Good Sex (Writing)

This is a guest post by Kayt Sukel. Kayt is a science and travel writer. Her first book, Dirty Minds: How Our ...

Best Books of 2011: The Buffet

I once heard that there are only two real aphrodisiacs: variety and exercise. Variety to, you know, keep it exciting, ...