Charles Traylen was a delightfully eccentric antiquarian bookseller. But did he really sell pencils to James Joyce?

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The author of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series shares a handful of titles that have helped shape his sense of humor.

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The majority of Americans don’t read even one book a year? As a story in The Atlantic that I quoted put it, readers are an ...

The late Umberto Eco’s essays, originally a series of lectures, demonstrate his love of literature – complete with graphs.

Emerald Fennell’s steamy and provocative Wuthering Heights trailer broke the internet – but didn’t necessarily break the ...

The next Nintendo Direct will not feature any first-party Nintendo games according to insiders, so what will be shown?

Lit fests are not isolated entities. Poet and cultural critic Ranjit Hoskote notes that “they are part of a large and complex ...

How a search for an acclaimed New York City chef now working locally became a consideration of differing reactions to blood ...

Planned obsolescence? She doesn’t even go here.