Items tagged with 'Literature'

Just about everyone reads 'The Great Gatsby' or 'Romeo and Juliet' in their formative years...but should they?

Real recipes for imaginary foods.

This extended rant targets a great sin of academic literary criticism: the tendency to praise "great" works in a way that pre-decides the work's value and sets everyone playing emperor's new clothes.

Think you know what's what because you've got a fancy MFA? Think again. Sci-fi writers know things about workshops, critique, process, and craft that you probably don't—but should.

The novelist is at it again, sticking his oar in about digital media — he shared his views in a recent interview.

What literary works create a strong foundation for a writer? LitReactor instructors and esteemed literary figures Lidia Yuknavitch, Ed Sikov, Holiday Reinhorn, Suzy Vitello and Bree Ogden share.

Despite the novelty of bath salts headlines, substance-induced psychosis is nothing new. Here's the Lurid Top Ten pick of the most nerve-jangling drug addiction stories from the last 200 years

Does the inherent constraint of a tweet foster creativity?

Here's something that doesn't suck about eReaders: it allows women to read whatever dirty, dirty literature they want, without fear of being scorned by judgmental commuters or co-workers.

Anyone who ever went to school has been forced to read stuff that they hated. Does the concept of a required curriculum do more harm than good?

'Genre' and 'literary' isn't an either/or kind of situation, we've just been conditioned to think that way. Why not have both?

Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer wins 2011 Nobel Prize for literature, is more than meets the eye.