Can The Kindle Add Fuel To The Fire Of The Public Library System?
Column by Hanna Brooks Olsen
Amazon Kindle has changed the way consumers get their hands on books. Now the little eBook that could is showing that it can do more, by quietly creeping into libraries. Could this be a good thing?
Ask The Lit Coach: "Should A New-To-Publishing Writer Seek The Safer Submission Route, Or Routes That Pay More?" and More
Column by Erin Reel
In issue 4 of 'Ask The Lit Coach,' Erin saves one fresh MFA student from branding herself too soon and gives another writer direction on how to approach the publishing world with an anthology.
Book Brawl: Battle Royale vs. The Hunger Games
Column by Meredith Borders
'Battle Royale' and 'The Hunger Games' are two novels about kids killing kids in a government-sponsored bloodbath. What novel will win the coveted honor of literary victor?
Vampires: No Longer “The Ultimate Zipless Fuck?”
Column by Karina Wilson
This month's LURID column: Has Twilight sucked all the fun out of vampire sex?
Neglected Books: 'An American Tragedy' and '1982, Janine'
Column by Phil Jourdan
November's Neglected Books column features two very different novels: a classic work of American naturalism, and a pornographic masterpiece of experimentation.
UPDATE: What The Hell Ever Happened To... Nick Walker?
Column by Joshua Chaplinsky
Demise of UK pub Beautiful Books bad news for Nick Walker fans. Is there still hope for "Boomtown"?
The Author's To-Don't List
Column by Brandon Tietz
Authors have a pretty standard lexicon of advice they give to young writers, but sometimes it's what you don't do that matters most.
Indie Bookstore Spotlight: The Mysterious Bookshop, New York City
Column by Rob Hart
In this new spotlight column, we look at The Mysterious Bookshop, a specialty bookstore in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, dedicated to crime, mystery, suspense and thriller fiction.
Battle Of The Books: Genre Vs. Literary
Column by Stephen Graham Jones
'Genre' and 'literary' isn't an either/or kind of situation, we've just been conditioned to think that way. Why not have both?
The 10 Most Badass Literary Children
Column by Meredith Borders
Kids are generally pretty annoying. Yet some children rise above their youthful station to achieve great heights of badassery. Read on for the raddest fictional children ever.
