Anne Rice Gone

from Deadline Anne Rice Dies: ‘Interview With The Vampire’ Author Was 80 By Tom Grater Anne Rice / AP Anne Rice, the American writer whose Interview with the Vampire sold more than 150 million copies, has died. She was 80. “The immensity of our family’s grief cannot...

Rodrigo Corral

from Slate Sometimes You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover Graphic designer Rodrigo Corral explains how he comes up with iconic book-jacket art. BY RUMAAN ALAM Rodrigo Corral Anna Kassoway On this week’s episode of Working, Rumaan Alam spoke with graphic...

C.S. Tao

from Law & Liberty Uncovering the Tao of C.S. Lewis by Samuel Gregg C. S. Lewis (AF archive/Alamy Stock Photo). In the midst of World War II, Oxford University Press published a short book by a middle-aged don who used the way in which English was taught in...

The Death Of Poe

from The Daily Beast Edgar Allan Poe’s Final Macabre Mystery: His Own Death On Oct. 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 40. Alcoholism was listed as the cause of death, but what really killed him remains a mystery. by Allison...

Drinkin’, shootin’, fishin’, bullfightin’.

from Prospect Busting the Hemingway myth A new documentary breaks new ground by exploring the American writer’s mental health and gender fluidity—but it still doesn’t go far enough By Lucinda Smyth Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary. Credit: BBC In 1949, Ernest...

Beverly Cleary Gone

from The Los Angeles Times Beverly Cleary, beloved and prolific author of children’s books, dies at 104 By VALERIE J. NELSON With witty yet economic prose and a gift for recalling the inner emotions of childhood, Beverly Cleary wove timeless tales that took young...