Hitchens: The Last Great Lover of Sonnets Gone

from Vanity Fair In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011 by Juli Weiner Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the...

No More Puckers For Oscar

from The New York Daily News Oscar Wilde’s tombstone now clean of lipstick kisses Actor Rupert Everett and Oscar Wilde’s grandson have unveiled a makeover of the writer’s gravesite on the 111th anniversary of his death. The tomb had become such a...

Bad Sex

from The Washington Post [ click to continue reading at WashingtonPost.com ]

31 Days of Authors: Pittacus Lore

from The Hub @ American Library Association 31 Days of Authors: an interview with Pittacus Lore, author of I Am Number Four (a 2011 Teens’ Top Ten winner) by Gretchen Kolderup Teen Read Week was October 16th through the 22nd, but here at The Hub, we’re celebrating all...

PARADISE RULES by Jimmy Gleacher – “Wickedly funny.”

from The Las Cruces Sun-News Between the Lines: Finding time for great reads By Mark Pendleton / For the Sun-News LAS CRUCES — “Life is short! Read fast!” Every day I despair a little more of reading even a mere fraction of the books that interest me, let...