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Literature

11 Essential Books Overlooked by the Literary Canon

Let’s give these landmark texts the recognition they deserve.
By Nick Hilden
A white banner with blue text reading: "The New York City Poetry Festival."

The NYC Poetry Fest is Alive and Well at the End of the World, and So Are We

"Here, poetry is alive, it’s around us, it’s being written and read and spoken... it's for everyone."
By Casey Epstein-Gross
Salman Rushdie appears at a podium speaking in front of a microphone.

Author Salman Rushdie Was Attacked on a Lecture Stage at Western New York’s Chautauqua Institution

Author Salman Rushdie, who has faced death threats for decades, was attacked on a stage where he was set to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York.
By Courtney Vinopal
From "Cover to Cover"

The Fascinating, Complicated Art of Designing a Book Cover

By Dana Schwartz
Toshi Reagon and Toni Morrison attend Art & Social Activism, a discussion on Broadway with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toni Morrison and Sonia Sanchez . (

Toni Morrison, Sonia Sanchez, Ta-Nehisi Coates Talk Art, Activism at Rare Gathering

By Vida Weisblum
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There’s Only One Bookstore in Queens, and Three Women Are Going to Change That

By Dana Schwartz
HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 05: AILA, or Artificial Intelligence Lightweight Android, presses switches on a panel it recognizes during a demonstration at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz GmbH) stand at the 2013 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 5, 2013 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT will be open March 5-9.

Will Robots That Can Write Steal Your Creative Job?

By Brady Dale
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My Home Was Robbed and the Thieves Took—Of All Things—My Books

By Brendan Jay Sullivan
St. Mark's will close its doors on Sunday for the last time.

As St. Mark’s Bookshop Shutters, Five Things You Might Not Know About the Store

By Jas Chana
Quilt

Quilt Weaves Magic From the Mundane on Their Most Confident Record Yet

By Justin Joffe
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JAN MARCHAL-Czech-literature-history-Kafka- Recent picture of books of Czech writer Franz Kafka are on display at a tourist boutique, 19 October 2007 in Prague. Franz Kafka (1883-1924), born into a middle class Prague Jewish family is an author of "The Trail", "The Castle" and "The Metamorphosis". Kafka is regarded as one of the most important German language novelists and short story writers of the 20th century. Banned by the Nazis, shunned by the communists, and regarded as a stranger by the citizens of his home city, Prague-born German-language author Franz Kafka will have his completed works published for the first time in Czech. AFP PHOTO MICHAL CIZEK

This Speed Reading App Let Me Read Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’ in 100 Minutes

By Brady Dale
Behold, the muse! (Justin Joffe for Observer)

Joanna Newsom Transcends Space and Time in Brooklyn

By Justin Joffe

Patti Smith’s ‘M Train’ Is a Literary Ride Through Stations of Mourning

By Justin Joffe

Heartworm Press Finds Poetry Beneath the Noise

By Justin Joffe

Meet the Smart and Resourceful Duo Behind the Singapore Literature Festival

By Jacelyn Kee
E.L. Doctorow (1931-2015) photographed by Jill Krementz swimming with Becky in Gardiner's Bay on August 3, 1975.

Doctorow’s Doctor

By Marc Siegel

Teaching Kendrick Lamar and Social Justice in and Outside the Classroom

By Michelle Threadgould
(Photo: Penguin Press)

10 Sizzling Books to Pack in Your Beach Bag This Summer

By Ellie Schroeder

Ahoy! Author Robert Kurson shares his favorite books about real pirate escapades.

By Alexa Jaccarino

A primer on the world of “Tumblr book fandom”

By Alexa Jaccarino

Sidney Paget’s moody ink-wash illustrations from 1891 defined Sherlock Holmes

By Zach Dundas

When Arthur Conan Doyle killed Sherlock Holmes, actor William Gillette revived him

By Zach Dundas

1930s radio writer Edith Meiser entranced millions with Sherlock Holmes scripts

By Zach Dundas
Zebulon Simantov's library of old Hebrew books. (Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Remembering I.L. Peretz on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Great Writer’s Death

By Marty Peretz
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