Philip Roth donates his personal book collection to the Newark Public Library with some very specific caveats. (Melville House) The Daily Show writer Daniel Rodosh's note on book censorship goes viral. (GalleyCat) Buzzfeed finds the ... Read More »

Paul Beatty named first U.S. winner of the Man Booker Prize for fiction for The Sellout. (The Man Booker Prize) Read new short fiction by Anne Carson. (The New Yorker) Manga sales are on the ... Read More »

Charles' Dickens's pet raven apparently inspired Edgar Allan Poe's poem. (Open Culture) "Most famous gun in French literature" could be yours for €60,000. (The Guardian) Read a new feminist essay by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. (GalleyCat) President ... Read More »

RIP Jack Chick, "paranoid, hateful minicomics pioneer." (Boing Boing) Marvel creates instant collectors market for sexualized teen drawing after pulling Invincible Iron Man No. 1 variant cover. (The Independent) Shakespeare co-author finally gets credit. (The Independent) Bob Dylan quickly ... Read More »

Unseen J.R.R. Tolkien man-elf romance story will be published in May. (The Guardian) Niagara Falls Public Library celebrates Ontario Public Library Week with book vending machines. (Niagara This Week) Looking back on five years of the ... Read More »