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Culture Buzz Were you the kid reading Catcher In The Rye, did you go through a really bitter Lord Of The Flies phase, how many times were you forced to read The Great Gatsby? We want to know what your favorite book was and why!
TV Buzz Old people using inhalants seems to be a thing this week! Here's the conclusion of Stephen Colbert's highly entertaining interview with “Where The Wild Things Are” author Maurice Sendak, during which the curmudgeonly legend reviews Colbert's new children's book, “I Am A Pole (And So Can You),” before teaching him how to illustrate… while high on markers.
Culture Buzz You should never judge a book by it's cover. Unless it's these books. Then you should definitely judge them.
Culture Buzz D'awwwwwwww. These abominations against the order of nature just want to be loved and accepted by their peers like everyone else. See more mythical beasts wrestle with psychological issues in Sad Monsters: Growling On The Outside, Crying On The Inside.
Sean and Lisa Ohlenkamp re-organize book shelves to make these beautiful stop-motion videos.
Celebrity Buzz And she dressed like a normal human being who was totally unaware that she was being photographed and therefore did not pose like a stripper. UPDATE: Previous sentence is constructed with lies.
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It's like Heaven, only with more books. E-Readers will never be this pretty.
Celebrity Buzz Before anyone gets up in arms, when was the last time you read to kids at a grade school? Yeah, I thought so. Sasha Grey, who retired from adult films two years ago, reads to first and third graders at Emerson Elementary School in Compton, California. Some of the parents freaked out and the school actually denied this ever happened. But then TMZ found these photos.
Culture Buzz The workplace is a great place for collections of literature that employees will most likely never read. Here are the books lying around the offices of media companies, from the resourceful to the ridiculous.
Politics Buzz The cover for Michele Bachmann's new book titled “Core of Conviction has been released. So, here are some better titles we came up with.
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A new study says people can improve their sensitivity to others simply by reading books.
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Peter Nadas’s novel Parallel Stories, which will be released this November, clocks in at well over 1,000 pages. In an interview with New York, the Hungarian author queried, “Why wouldn’t Musil, Mann, or Broch be my contemporaries?” In honor of his ambition, we’ve compiled a list of 10 novels that could also function as doorstops if you decide to give up on them.
I’m so confused by this. Someone find me a professional bibliographer before my head explodes! If you’ve ever come across two totally different books with the exact same title, feel free to comment about it.
The mysterious author behind the Secret Series of children's books popped up on The Today Show this morning for a fun chat with some fans.
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“TL;DR” is internet-speak for “Too long; didn't read.” You'll see it used when some passionate nerd writes an exceptionally wordy comment or blog post. If one of your fellow online readers is nice enough, he or she will take the time to skim it and offer their opinion.
Culture Buzz We've all read about them and idolized them, but when it comes down to it, who are the most attractive orphans that comprise our cultural lexicon? These fifteen may be doing it best.
TV Buzz Louis CK likes to read Mark Twain to his kids at bedtime. Well, sort of. (via.)
Beloved children's horror author R.L. Stein is still alive and kickin'! Watch him help comedian George Kareman perfect his tweets.
Culture Buzz The folks over at 50 Watts recently held a Polish Book Cover Contest where artists were asked to compose covers for their favorite books as Polish paperbacks from the 40s, 50s and 60s. You can view some of the judges' favorites below. (Via The BuzzBrewery)
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