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The MacArthur Grants for 2011 have been announced, the literary winners include two poets (one a former United States poet laureate) and a journalist.
George R.R. Martin crossed the one million Kindle ebooks sold mark, one of only ten who have done so thus far. He joins a list including Nora Roberts and James Patterson. Um, congrats!
Check out this gallery of Dickens characters. It was put together as part of a celebration of Dickens's 200th birthday, early next year.
When Kesey met Kerouac. Spoiler alert: they did not become best friends.
Borders closed forever and at least one of their employees was bitter enough to write this frustrated manifesto.
There's a new Silverstein book out. NPR has some of the poems in it.
George R.R. Martin crossed the one million Kindle ebooks sold mark, one of only ten who have done so thus far. He joins a list including Nora Roberts and James Patterson. Um, congrats!
Check out this gallery of Dickens characters. It was put together as part of a celebration of Dickens's 200th birthday, early next year.
When Kesey met Kerouac. Spoiler alert: they did not become best friends.
Borders closed forever and at least one of their employees was bitter enough to write this frustrated manifesto.
There's a new Silverstein book out. NPR has some of the poems in it.