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  1. decisions
    Stephen King Skipping E-book on New NovelJoyland, available only in real life.
    By Zach Dionne
  2. history lesson
    Tracing the Career of Tween-Lit Doyenne Judy BlumeAfter 44 years, her first feature-film adaptation, Tiger Eyes, arrives next week.
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  3. book review
    Book Review: The Riddle of the LabyrinthIt’s about, among other things, history, mythology, ancient civilizations, linguistics, puzzles, code-breaking, Homer, Arthur Conan Doyle, and brainy female academics.
    By Kathryn Schulz
  4. ya corner
    The Divergent–Fault in Our Stars Fake Incest ProblemShailene Woodley’s brother from Divergent will play her boyfriend in The Fault in Our Stars. This is weird.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  5. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Dad is Fat’ by Jim GaffiganJim Gaffigan wrote a book. It’s out this week, it’s called Dad is Fat, and it’s a memoir about his experience with marriage and raising five […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  7. ‘Dad Is Fat’ Review: How Jim Gaffigan Lives Completely Unlike Your Average […]In comedy circles, Jim Gaffigan has almost a living-legend aura around him. His broad appeal and ability to do the same clean material in every […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  8. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Art Girls Are Easy’ by Julie KlausnerThis week Julie Klausner’s new book Art Girls Are Easy is out and available to be ready by you. Art Girls is Klausner’s second book, following […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  9. Megan Amram Gets a Book DealMegan Amram is writing a book about science. Publisher’s Weekly reports that Amram, a comedy writer who amassed hundreds of thousands of […]
    By Bradford Evans
  10. books
    Schulz: Why I Despise The Great GatsbyIt is the only book I have read five times despite failing to derive almost any pleasure at all from the experience.
    By Kathryn Schulz
  11. lawsuits
    Harper Lee Sues Over To Kill a Mockingbird CopyrightThe 87-year-old author claims that her literary agent’s son-in-law took advantage of her bad hearing.
    By Delia Paunescu
  12. vulture with julie klausner
    Watch Jim Gaffigan Taste-Test Vegan Junk FoodNary a Hot Pocket in sight.
    By Sarah Frank and Julie Klausner
  13. Owen King and Joe Hill on Stephen King’s ShadowHill: “I’ve read The Dead Zone, like, twenty times.â€
    By Zach Dionne
  14. Marc Maron Gets Personal (Again) in His New Book, ‘Attempting Normal’Marc Maron’s new book, Attempting Normal, comes to us at an interesting and pivotal moment in his life.  After two and a half decades of […]
    By Cameron Tung
  15. experiments
    Steven Soderbergh Is Writing a Novella on TwitterIt’s called Glue.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  16. memoirabilia
    The Beastie Boys Have a Memoir ComingA form-challenging, “multidimensional experience.â€
    By Zach Dionne
  17. books
    The Nine Circles of Dan BrownOn May 14, dark prince of conspiracy-based historical thrillery will release his latest, whose first printing of 4 million copies all but guarantees that it’ll be a giant hit—and that it will create lots of extra work for everybody.
    By Ashley Collman, Rebecca Milzoff, and Max Thorn
  18. Talking to Jen Kirkman About Stand-Up, Misogyny on Twitter, and Her New […]Jen Kirkman isn’t asking you to agree with her decision to not have kids. Just quit grilling her about it. That’s the main point she’s trying […]
    By Phil Davidson
  19. Details on Jason Segel’s Young Adult Novel Series ‘Nightmares!’ RevealedJason Segel revealed earlier this month that he has a series of young adult novels on the way, and now, we’ve learned the books’ titles and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  20. exclusive
    Sloane Crosley Sells Her First NovelCongrats.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  21. David Sedaris’s List of His Favorite Book Titles Is LovelyTo commemorate the release of his new book Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris made a list of his five favorite absurdly-long book […]
    By Bradford Evans
  22. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls’ by David […]This week humorist David Sedaris has a new book out called Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls. The collection marks Sedaris’s return to his […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  23. profile
    Salman Rushdie Turns Screenwriter for Midnight’s Children“This is a very important book for me, it’s a book that actually gave me the confidence that I could be the writer I had hoped I could be.â€
    By David Wallace-Wells
  24. books
    At Home With Claire Messud and James Wood, the First Couple of American FictionOn the eve of the publication of Messud’s new book, she can’t shake the feeling she’s still an outsider.
    By Boris Kachka
  25. week in vulture
    10 Pop Culture Questions Answered by Vulture This WeekICYMI, as the children say.
    By Vulture Editors
  26. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: A New, Complete Guide to ‘Monty Python’s […]There’s guides to Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and then there’s more specific and complete guides to Monty Python’s Flying Circus. This new […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  27. ya life
    And the Third Book in the Divergent Trilogy Is Called …It rhymes.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  28. summer reading
    Which YA Series Is Your Next Hunger Games–Level Obsession?They’re all being made into movies or TV shows, so you’re gonna want to get started now.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  29. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘A Companion to Woody Allen’One new release in books this week is A Companion to Woody Allen, the latest of the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Film Directors series. The […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  30. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘I Can Barely Take Care of Myself’ by Jen […]A lot of people ask stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman about when she’s going to have a baby, even though she doesn’t have any interest in doing so. […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  31. Jack Handey’s First Novel Comes Out in JulyBeloved humorist Jack Handey (SNL’s Deep Thoughts, The New Yorker), has written his first novel. Entitled The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical […]
    By Bradford Evans
  32. kudos
    The Orphan Master’s Son Wins Pulitzer for FictionCongrats.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  33. ‘The Office’s B.J. Novak Signs a Two-Book Deal Following in his Office cohort Mindy Kaling’s footsteps, B.J. Novak is about to become an author. The publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced […]
    By Bradford Evans
  34. actor authors
    The Office’s B.J. Novak Will Be an Author Soon“The closest analogy for me is Woody Allen,†his agent says.
    By Zach Dionne
  35. Ken Marino and Erica Oyama Are Adapting ‘Go the Fuck to Sleep’ Fox is turning the profane children’s book Go the Fuck to Sleep into a movie, and Deadline reports that Ken Marino and Erica Oyama Marino, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  36. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story’ […]Carol Burnett’s new memoir Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story comes out this week and is now available as hardcover, Kindle, and […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  37. adaptations
    Todd Field to Direct Beautiful Ruins AdaptationGreat!
    By Amanda Dobbins
  38. authors
    Jason Segel Is Writing a YA TrilogyJust as long as it’s not about a dystopian future.
    By Margaret Lyons
  39. Read 30 Pages of Jen Kirkman’s New Book ‘I Can Barely Take Care of Myself’ […]Simon & Schuster has just uploaded a nice 30-page sneak preview of Jen Kirkman’s upcoming book about living child-free, I Can Barely Take Care […]
    By Adam Frucci
  40. tv review
    TV Review: Philip Roth: Unmasked Skims The SurfaceTonight on PBS, the latest entry in the long-running American Masters series.
    By Max Winter
  41. 10 Actors Who Came Close to Starring in ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ Hollywood has been trying to turn John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces into a movie for 33 years ever […]
    By Bradford Evans
  42. Kelly Oxford’s First Book Is Out Next Week Screenwriter and wildly-popular Twitterer Kelly Oxford’s first book, Everything Is Perfect When You’re a Liar, is set to come out on Tuesday, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  43. chat room
    Pulitzer Winner Elizabeth Strout on Her New Novel, The Burgess BoysIt’s the author’s first book since 2008’s Olive Kitteridge.
    By Zach Dionne
  44. Preview: Mike Sacks’s Sequel to ‘And Here’s the Kicker’I remember picking up Mike Sacks’s book And Here’s the Kicker, a collection of interviews with some of the greatest comedy writers ever, when […]
    By Bradford Evans
  45. Julie Klausner’s New Novel ‘Art Girls Are Easy’ Out May 7th Comedian and author Julie Klausner announced today via Twitter that her second book, a young adult novel about an all-girls arts camp called […]
    By Bradford Evans
  46. 90s nostalgia
    Clarissa Explains It All Returning in Book FormAbout a 23-year-old Clarissa, who is a journalist.
    By Margaret Lyons
  47. David Cross and Bob Odenkirk Are Doing a Book/Stand-Up Tour This Fall Bob and David may be coming to a town near you. We reported last month that Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are releasing a book together […]
    By Bradford Evans
  48. r.i.p.
    Chinua Achebe Has DiedHe was 82.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  49. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: Demetri Martin’s ‘Point Your Face at This’If you’ve ever seen a Demetri Martin standup set, special, or Comedy Central TV sketch-variety show, you’ve probably seen some of his drawings. […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  50. clickables
    See a Reading List for Every Harry Potter HouseGryffindor has to read Game of Thrones.
    By Jesse David Fox
  51. Talking With DC Pierson About His New Book, ‘Crap Kingdom’DC Pierson is a comedian, actor, member of the popular sketch group DERRICK, and well regarded UCB performer. In 2010, he added “novelist†to […]
    By Erik Voss
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