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25 Authors Who Wrote Great Books Before They Turned 25
Picture it: teenage Mary Shelley was on a vacation getaway, with her husband Percy and some of his rambunctious poet friends, like that rogue Lord Byron… and out of the group of legends, it’s Shelley...
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50 of the Greatest Characters in Literature
One of the things literature does better than almost any other medium is allow us to experience another person’s quality of mind, and sometimes even inhabit it. It follows, then, that every avid reader...
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50 of the Scariest Short Stories of All Time
It’s that time of year again, when the pumpkins come out, the fake cobwebs are hung and we feel that dormant urge to be chilled, thrilled and spooked to our bones. Get out your flashlights, because a...
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5 Unthankful Literary Treats for Thanksgiving Day
Are you proud of your unthankfulness? Do you loathe Thanksgiving? Do you loathe everything? If so, you may want to disgust yourself with this cornucopia of literary misery, ready-made for your...
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The 10 Best True Crime Movies Ever Made
Today, New York’s Film Forum kicks off a four-week, 50-film “True Crime” festival, spotlighting some of the most iconic dramas, mysteries, and thrillers based on real events. It’s one of our most...
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The 5 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘Call Me Lucky,’ ‘In Cold Blood’
It’s a fairly quiet week for new disc and streaming releases; the biggest of the bunch is the big-screen adaptation of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which is, all things considered, rather meh. So allow me...
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The Scandalous Lives of Famous Authors, In Fiction
The food writer and memoirist M.F.K. Fisher seduces her husband’s Al best friend after a sumptuous dinner that she claims to have invited her husband to, but never really did — leading to a painful,...
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10 Real-Life Historical Friendships Reimagined as Supernatural Buddy Cop Series
Houdini and Doyle, you may have guessed (or known!), is a show that reimagines and highly exaggerates the real-life friendship between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The series, which...
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30 Photos of Famous Authors in Epic Hats
Recently, I saw this hilarious photo of author Bohumil Hrabal tweeted by New Directions. In it, the author sits outside at his typewriter with a gruff look on his face, wearing possibly one of the best...
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A New Cut and Restoration Reframes Bogart and Huston’s Strangest Film
The story goes that John Huston had only suggested that his pal and frequent collaborator Humphrey Bogart buy the rights to the novel Beat the Devil to help a friend in need — writer Claud Cockburn had...
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