Martians at the Halloween Sock Hop: Photos of Bizarre Vintage Costumes
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Aliens, gnomes, and assorted food items made trendy costumes way back when. More »
These 15 critics may have felt silly later on. More »
"The peculiar mix of modernism and death reflects the things most kitsch, troubling, and beautiful about our modern culture." More »
Mark Twain famously never let his schooling interfere with his education--and neither did these nine other writers. More »
These beloved writers rode bikes before it was cool. More »
Selected illustrations by Allyson Mellberg from her latest solo show Endogenous, now in Paris More »
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Twenty impressions of mortality; from Faulkner, Proust, and other great minds More »
A look at how writers channeled pure evil into its cutest and its creepiest forms More »
How 'The Great Gatsby' and other enduring works of literature were first marketed More »
The witty social commentator David Rakoff will be missed—both by his readers and by his frank, funny contemporaries. More »
These novels imagine the apocalypse—some urgently, some helplessly, and some even affectionately. More »
'Die Hard,' 'Rambo,' 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?', and seven other films with surprising literary roots More »
Some of us live and die by the list—and it seems we're in good company. More »
A collection of some beloved authors' signature versions of their favorite recipes More »
What Rory Gilmore, Don Draper, and Margot Tenenbaum have on their bedside tables More »
Do publishers or movie studios tell a better story in one picture? More »
The long histories of modern-sounding colloquialisms More »
Don't eat magic figs, don't forget your crayon, and don't let insane cats into your home More »
A tour of the residences that shaped some of history's greatest writers More »
