Happy birthday to William Morris.

How Scott McClanahan “trolled” the Tournament of Books, and ended up coming out a winner.

The website Modern Loss got profiled by the New York Times.

The Atlantic wonders if every YA heroine must really be petite.

A look at Jasper Johns’s latest round of paintings and drawings.

Trying to find beauty in what others consider ugly.

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