Articles Tagged with #literature
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The Rooster Wants You (and Your Favorite Novel) for 2016
Here’s your chance to nominate your favorite work of fiction published (in English) in 2015 for consideration as a tournament contender—as well as apply to be this...
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Personal Essays
Love in the Time of Catholicism
The Pope spoiled his trip to America by meeting with a Kentucky clerk. But his unheard praise of a different radical provides a silver lining.
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Video
You Can’t Kill the Rooster
David Sedaris reads “You Can’t Kill the Rooster,” the greatest story in human history.
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Investigations
Hunting the Hound
A lifelong phobia is the result of a terrifying childhood incident. But the real culprit may be Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Phenomena Understood
The Girl on the Lawn
Forget anxiety, overcaution, or just plain unhappiness. The real problem with parenting is philosophy.
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Dimensions in Medicine
My Letter From Oliver Sacks
Migraines, 3D magic, and an unlikely correspondence from one “incredibly stereoscopic person” to another.
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Novelists in Restaurants Eating Food
Tsujita LA Artisan Noodle
Sometimes a bowl of noodles is big enough to absorb conversation, literature, and the love lives of those nearby.
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Books on Books on Books
Binge Reading Disorder
The typical American consumes more than 100,000 words a day and remembers none of them.
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Novelists in Restaurants Eating Food
Union Square Sports Bar
An adventure of food and drink in San Francisco naturally expands to include Ornette Coleman, Mexican wedding cookies, and a pet monkey admiring the ocean.
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Mad Women
My Date With Don Draper
The TV series Mad Men is set to begin its final season. Finally we’ll know how many women—and how much Proust—it takes to make Don Draper happy.
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The 2015 Tournament of Books: Week Three Wrap-Up
Another week is in the books for the 2015 Tournament of Books. Download your updated brackets here to see what’s left to go in this year’s tourney. ...
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The Rooster
The 2015 Tournament of Books: Week Two Wrap-Up
We just finished the second week of the 2015 Tournament of Books. Download the updated brackets here to see the gameplay thus far, and how far we have left to go. ...