June at 1book140: Whodunnits vs International Novels
Nominate titles in one of two categories for our Twitter book club to read.
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Nominate titles in one of two categories for our Twitter book club to read.
The author of The Kite Runner and And the Mountains Echoed touts the introduction of Stephen King's "The Body" as a poignant encapsulation of an author's limitations.
In 1968, in the twilights of both greats' careers, the magazine asked the pair to evaluate each other's achievements—and the resulting story was affectionate, funny, and poignant.
Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon, makes the case.
Author Anthony Marra read new meaning into a line from Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son, years after that line had altered the way Marra thought about writing.
The May discussion schedule for our Twitter book club
These paper-and-ink drafts offer glimpses into the creative habits of 25 authors who wrote their timeless works the old-fashioned way.
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us author Michael Moss discusses just how apt the Lay's slogan "Betcha can't eat just one" is.
Creative thinkers often have some unconventional impulses: Immanuel Kant liked being wrapped up like a mummy, and Charles Dickens lived with a bunch of animals.
A statistician's claims that readers can't distinguish Dickens from Edward Bulwer-Lytton is likely overblown—and reflects a wider misunderstanding of literature.
Why does the best-selling humorist's new book include six monologues for teen speakers? Because Sedaris moonlights as a hero in the world of competitive high-school forensics.
For Pollan, "eating is an agricultural act" offers more insight into how food relates to the world than Thoreau or Emerson's words ever could.
Honorees from the publication's once-in-a-decade list praise their contemporaries.
The many parental and professorial objections to the teaching of literature like To Kill a Mockingbird, Animal Farm, and more
Fiona Maazel, the author of Woke Up Lonely and Last Last Chance, shares her favorite passage from her former teacher Jim Shepard.
Jessica Soffer talks about her beautiful debut novel, Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots.
Criticism that the classic doomed love story glorifies immaturity misses the point: Shakespeare was riffing on how people use the young/old binary to manipulate others.
An unexpected brush with professional jealousy reminds a writing teacher that it's what you have to say, not how well you've learned to say it, that's the basis for great stories.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in jaunty cursive loops; Emily and Charlotte Brontë, meanwhile, wrote on scraps of paper so tiny their penmanship requires a magnifying glass.
Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Mencken, and other scribes had deep thoughts on boozing.
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