Naming a sports team after literature—that’s pretty awesome. (The Baltimore Ravens of the NFL are technically;  they’re named after an intimidating...

Happy Banned Books Week! In honor of this glorious celebration of our freedom to read what we want, let’s pause for a sec and remember there are people...

The 1950s saw the emergence of literary lights including J.D. Salinger and Jack Kerouac, authors whose books questioned the status quo and the...

The holidays usually bring out the best in people, but every so often you witness the worst. That woman who had a tantrum in the checkout line? The parents...

Not only do Australian teens not get shoved into lockers or have slushies thrown in their faces during high school, we also don’t all...

In the early 1990s, fresh from graduate school, Joanna Rakoff moved to New York City to become a poet and landed a job working for J.D. Salinger’s...

Throughout the holiday season, we’re gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your list—from your mother and the teen in your life...

When I was in fifth grade, my dad gave me a big stack of classic books that, in retrospect, I was probably too young to read. On Christmas morning I ripped...

Say you’re going out for a night on the town, and romance is on your brain. You’d be wise to bring along a character who can break the ice,...