Culture Buzz Celebrate Banned Books Week better by letting Twain, Bradbury, Shaw, and other famous writers remind you how censorship is not awesome.
Can't decide on a summer read yet? Sit right back and let this handy flowchart do all the work for you! (via twitter.com)
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Whatever happened to Judy Blume?
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For anyone who has ever wondered if they were being judged for reading Dan Brown on the subway. For Instance, I apparently own a straw chair, can quote Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons, and ejaculate prematurely.
Celebrity Buzz The actor, last seen in Milk, will pen a book of short stories for an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Currently enrolled at both NYU and Columbia, this comes as good news for Franco, who will now be considered The Hottest Writer Ever (besides Erma Bombeck, of course - JK! MISS YOU ERMS!)
Celebrity Buzz The fashion designer and star of The Hills has signed a three-book deal with Harper Collins, where her first publication will be a semi-autobiographical novel called L.A. Candy due for release next summer. Note to aspiring authors: if you’re wealthy, attractive, and willing to have every aspect of your life executive-produced, you too can achieve the dream!