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Interviewed at The Guardian about his new book Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler’s Germany, author Rudolph Herzog talks about how he wrote the book partly as a way of confronting… Read more »

Most people raise their voice one or two octaves when interacting with law enforcement personnel. Many can lose an otherwise relentless chip on their shoulder and unconsciously deliver a series… 7 / Read more »

Praised for her ”gentleness and spirituality,” Banana Yoshimoto was just named a recipient of the 2011 Capri Awards, presented to “authors serving as models for the younger generation.” According to this… Read more »

Earlier this month, news of a mysterious new website for books (and book lovers) began to circulate. It wasn’t long before the hype followed. Backed by the likes of Hachette… Read more »

Graydon Carter writing kids book for the iPad More Ayn Rand Lost E.E. Cummings poem found Introducing the GoodReads book club Robots run the library of the future What would… Read more »