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Salman Rushdie has lashed out at the U.S. Department of Justice — although not at terribly great length or depth. On his Twitter feed on Sunday, Rushdie wrote “Anyone who… 1 / Read more »

The Telegraph is running a slideshow of the twelve greatest author beards.  While most of the beards on their list are remarkable, we were a little miffed that some of… 1 / Read more »

Oh, Jonathan Franzen. Does your foot just really like being in your mouth? Fresh from making weird and irrelevant comments about Edith Wharton’s ugliness, he’s chanced for a sly jab… Read more »

Book collecting seems like such a noble pursuit — it suggests a passion for knowledge and an appreciation of intellectual pursuits. But the March 5 episode of Hoarders demonstrates that an… 1 / Read more »

Jessa Crispin spills it to the Missouri Review The memoirs of publisher Charles Pick Kerouac’s “The Beat Generation” takes the stage  … And belated happy birthday Jack Publishing news from… Read more »