Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' Has Been Digitized for the First Time, 70 Years After it Was Published
Make time to read one of the most disturbing short stories of all time this Halloween.
Make time to read one of the most disturbing short stories of all time this Halloween.
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Oscar Wilde, who was famous for his wit, once advised: "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
At first glance, a dictionary seems pretty straightforward: Words are listed alphabetically, and you simply locate the right page and scan until you find the word you’re looking for. But there’s a lot you might not know about these essential reference too
You would never know from his books that Goosebumps and Fear Street author R.L. Stine used to write joke books for kids under the name Jovial Bob Stine
Each year, hundreds of formal challenges asking for the removal of “inappropriate” books from shelves and syllabi are filed with schools and libraries across the country.
Celebrate Banned Books Week by giving these once-censored classics a read.
“Cut out all these exclamation points," F. Scott Fizgerald once said. "An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
A great gift for grammarphobes.
If you really want to be remembered, it's best to die on a Friday.
She tested most of the slapstick herself.
Even seasoned professors may have trouble spotting this trick.
A world without Roald Dahl would be a world without Oompa Loompas, Snozzcumbers, or Muggle-Wumps. And who would ever want to live in a world like that?
"I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter." —D.H. Lawrence
Writers used to instill good manners through strange, scary cautionary tales—and some stories were so bizarre it's a wonder the kids that read them turned out OK.
There are plenty of things even the most ardent fans don't know about 'The Lord of the Rings' author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
Escape reality—both literally and figuratively—by visiting one of these literary-inspired getaways.
It takes place after the liberation of Paris, in which Hemingway himself played a role.
Write down reminders to yourself where you know you'll see them.
Though he made his living as a writer, Ernest Hemingway was just as famous for his lust for adventure.
The screenplay is complete enough that it could be created by filmmakers today.
Believe it or not, we're all probably mispronouncing 'Walden' author Henry David Thoreau's name.
One technological breakthrough left the common pencil in the dust.
While it was author J.K. Rowling who ultimately suggested the alternative title, she still regrets the decision.