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  1. books
    Listen to a Short Story From B.J. Novak’s BookWith special appearances by Jason Schwartzman and Katy Perry.
    By Denise Martin
  2. legend of zelda flashbacks
    Watch H. Jon Benjamin Play a Video-Game WarriorAdapted from a hit McSweeney’s story.
    By Abraham Riesman and Jesse Benjamin
  3. ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ Is Being Turned Into a Play That’s Aiming for […]After three decades of failed attempts at a movie adaptation, the late John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of […]
    By Bradford Evans
  4. resurrections
    Anne Rice Is Bringing Back Lestat(The Tom Cruise vampire.)
    By Amanda Dobbins
  5. books
    How Benjamin Kunkel Went From Novelist to Marxist Public IntellectualHis new book Utopia or Bust is a collection of rigorous and unapologetic essays.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  7. Aziz Ansari Turns to Reddit for Help with His New BookIn August, Aziz Ansari signed a deal to write his first book, an untitled semi-academic tome about “the basic issues facing a single […]
    By Bradford Evans
  8. comics
    Lena Dunham Is Writing Some Archie ComicsBecause she likes them, and she can.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  9. Richard Ayoade Signs a Deal to Write Three Books About FilmUK comedy director/writer/actor Richard Ayoade is about to become a published author. Chortle reports that Ayoade has signed a three-book deal […]
    By Bradford Evans
  10. books
    Lorrie Moore on Her Short-Story Collection Bark“We’ll see if Nashville changes my writing. A change is always good for a writer.â€
    By Ben Austen
  11. adaptations
    Ed Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn Is HappeningAfter 15 years.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  12. books
    J.K. Rowling Is Writing Another Book As Robert GalbraithMore crime!
    By Amanda Dobbins
  13. Nick Offerman Is Writing a Second Book, Called ‘Great Americans’Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman has signed a deal to write a second book, EW reports. Called Great Americans, the book will “highlight […]
    By Bradford Evans
  14. art imitating life imitating girls
    Lena Dunham’s Book Gets Cover and Release DateHope you like serifs!
    By Jesse David Fox
  15. books
    Book Review: Schulz on The Sixth ExtinctionA book that is both serious-­minded and invites exclamation points into its margins.
    By Kathryn Schulz
  16. Charlie Chaplin’s Only Book to Be Published This YearA lot of great writers don’t get discovered until after their death, and in the case of Charlie Chaplin, some writers don’t even get published […]
    By Megh Wright
  17. fan fiction
    5 More Things Rowling Should Regret About PotterRon and Hermione are not the only bad pair.
    By Margaret Lyons
  18. regrettable decisions
    J.K. Rowling Has Second Thoughts About Ron and HermoineHindsight is always 20/20.
    By Halle Kiefer
  19. choose your own adventure
    Choose Your Own Adventure Film Gets Writers and a DirectorIt’ll be brought to you by the minds behind We’re the Millers and Night at the Museum.
    By Lindsey Weber
  20. books
    Whit Stillman Is Working on a Jane Austen–Inspired BookIt may or may not be related to his Austen movie.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  21. the vulture transcript
    Doug Dorst on His Mind-Bending Novel S“I’ve gotten tons of e-mails from people asking, ‘Please tell me the way to read it.’â€
    By Jennifer Vineyard
  22. Seth MacFarlane Wrote a Novel Based on the Screenplay to His Next Movie, […]As if he has any free time these days, Seth MacFarlane somehow managed to write his first book. He authored a 208-page novelization of his next […]
    By Bradford Evans
  23. oral history
    Updated Edition of ‘Live from New York’ Book Will Be Available This […]Since its publication in 2003, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller’s oral history book Live from New York has served as the quintessential SNL […]
    By Megh Wright
  24. books
    The Book Title With the 91 ImitatorsSince Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo became a publishing phenomenon in 2009, a few others have borrowed the title.
  25. Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak Star in the Trailer for B.J. Novak’s New Book Here’s the trailer for B.J. Novak’s first book, a collection of short stories called One More Thing: Stories & Other Stories and is due […]
    By Bradford Evans
  26. B.J. Novak’s First Children’s Book ‘The Book Without Pictures’ Will Be […]Last year, Office writer/star and Mindy Kaling’s BFF B.J. Novak signed a two-book deal with Knopf and announced a forthcoming collection of […]
    By Megh Wright
  27. comparative lit
    Girls and Little Women: How Hannah Horvath Is Like Jo MarchJo March and Hannah Horvath are both the voices of their generations, or of a generation.
    By Chiara Atik
  28. same name
    Real-Life Jack Ryan Discusses Clancy Coincidence“I’ve never had Harrison Ford offer to let me use his jet or anything like that.â€
    By Dan Solomon
  29. Conversation: Adam Sternbergh and Lev Grossman“I think there are moments in the history of a genre at which it sits up and looks at itself and as a result changes forever.â€
    By Vulture Editors
  30. books
    Hilary Mantel Is Writing a Book About Margaret ThatcherOut in September.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  31. vulture lists
    Schulz: The 5 Best Punctuation Marks in LiteratureGeorge Eliot’s em-dash — plus, T.S. Eliot’s ellipses … (not to mention Vladimir Nabokov’s parentheses).
    By Kathryn Schulz
  32. upcoming projects
    Lena Dunham Making Doc on Eloise IlustratorAs well as an HBO series based on the life of Betty Halbreich, “the pioneering Bergdorf Goodman personal shopper.â€
    By Lindsey Weber
  33. Literary Birth Complications, by Dan RozierA Huckleberry Fin Good News: It’s a boy! Bad News: It’s a boy with a full-grown killer whale dorsal fin. Humbert Humbert’s Disease […]
    By Brian Boone
  34. books
    What Is It About Middlemarch?Rebecca Mead’s new book, My Life in ­Middlemarch, inspired me to revisit Eliot’s masterpiece.
    By Kathryn Schulz
  35. There Will Be a ‘Portlandia’ CookbookGet ready for what is probably the first cookbook based on a sketch comedy show. Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have signed a deal to write […]
    By Bradford Evans
  36. Sara Benincasa Is Adapting Her Book Into a Comedy Pilot for USAComedian and author Sara Benincasa announced on Tumblr this week that she’s adapting her first book, Agorafabulous!: Dispatches from My […]
    By Bradford Evans
  37. coma baby i love your way
    You Can Buy the Bright Lights, Big City Cover ArtThe Odeon can be yours forever.
    By John Sellers
  38. pub day
    Pigging Out With Writers Gary Shteyngart and Chang-rae LeeEating, drinking, and talking shop with the longtime friends, each with a new book out today.
    By Boris Kachka
  39. winter preview 2014
    Five Shows, Movies, Albums, and Books to Get Excited About This WinterFrom Woody Harrelson to George Clooney to Beck.
    By Gilbert Cruz, Amanda Dobbins, and Jesse David Fox
  40. U.S. Judge Rules That Sherlock Holmes Remains in the Public DomainYour Holmes/Watson slash fiction is now even more legally protected.
    By Gilbert Cruz
  41. based on a true story
    Saving Mr. Banks Left Out an Awful Lot About P.L. TraversLike the parts about her raising a child and being bisexual.
    By Margaret Lyons
  42. obits
    Remembering Ned Vizzini, the Great StorytellerThe author of It’s Kind of a Funny Story died yesterday.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  43. prequels
    J.K. Rowling Is Producing a Harry Potter PlayA prequel.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  44. adaptations
    Lifetime Making a Top of the Morning MovieAbout Today vs. Good Morning America vs. Our Shared Humanity.
    By Margaret Lyons
  45. sequels
    They’re Releasing Another Dragon Tattoo BookBut not the one Stieg Larsson was writing.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  46. books
    A No-Frills Buyers’ Guide to January BooksAre Perfect, Shovel Ready, and Andrew’s Brain worth getting?
    By Christopher Bonanos, Lane Brown, and Matthew Giles
  47. vulture quiz
    How Well Do You Know J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?Before you see the second installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit movie trilogy, test your recall on the epic source material.
    By Jennifer Vineyard
  48. year in culture 2013
    Flamethrowers Author Rachel Kushner Stands ApartSpeaking with the novelist behind this year’s number one book.
    By Boris Kachka
  49. vulture compendiums
    168 American ______–Titled Films, TV Shows, Books, and SongsAmerican Beauty, Buffalo, Dad!, Gladiators, Hustle, Pie 2, Splendor, Woman, and everything in between.
    By Jesse David Fox
  50. year in culture 2013
    Kathryn Schulz’s Top 10 Books of 2013The Flamethrowers, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, and more.
    By Kathryn Schulz
  51. Tig Notaro, Stephen Colbert, and More Earn Grammy NominationsThe 2014 Grammy nominations were announced on Friday night, and that includes a couple comedy categories. Tig Notaro scored a nomination for […]
    By Bradford Evans
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