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The team behind ‘Thug Notes’ has more OG education up its sleeve

The Wisecrack team can't erase the memories of your horrible high school English teacher, but they can make you passionate about education again.

On Aug 22, 2014 by Carly Lanning

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Chuck Palahniuk’s confused gender politics are stranger than fiction

What planet does this dude live on?

On Aug 7, 2014 by Miles Klee

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YouTube webseries ‘Classic Alice’ treats literature as a way of life

Could you live your life like your favorite book?

On Aug 5, 2014 by Rae Votta

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Emily Gould, Ed Champion, and the great New York literary subtweet war of 2014

First there was a disturbing essay—and then things just got worse.

On Jun 27, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Cory Doctorow’s ‘Little Brother’ gets Florida summer reading program shut down

Undaunted, Doctorow and his publisher, Tor, responded by donating 200 copies of the book to the school.

On Jun 11, 2014 by Aja Romano

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Peterbd and me: How I befriended an anonymous alt lit superstar

“i feel like i can trust you,” said Peterbd, the anonymous Internet entity. “i can tell we’re gonna be good friends.”

On Jun 10, 2014 by [email protected]

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Teens are blaming everything in the universe on ‘The Fault in Our Stars’

John Green is destroying America.

On Jun 6, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Your attacks on YA lit only make us more powerful

Your uninformed, condescending opinions on YA literature only serve to make the women who write it that much stronger.

On Jun 6, 2014 by Aja Romano

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Should ‘real’ writers stay off Twitter?

What could Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, or any prolific writer of prose have to learn from a social network? 

On Jun 2, 2014 by Nathan Pensky

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Sorry, Internet, but this is not David Foster Wallace’s annotated ‘Ulysses’

Don't believe the highlighting.

On May 20, 2014 by Miles Klee

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‘The Fault in Our Stars’ is now the most-liked trailer on YouTube

The fault is definitely not in our marketing department.

On May 14, 2014 by Aja Romano

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Parent calls cops on teen for giving books away at a book giveaway

Trying to give away award-winning novels got this girl a chat with the cops in Idaho.

On Apr 25, 2014 by Aja Romano

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Metaphor meme explodes on Tumblr over ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ clip

This article will only kill you if you set it on fire. It's a metaphor.

On Apr 18, 2014 by Aja Romano

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Hey, Internet, 4chan has some book recommendations for you

Ask a question like What's the one book that transformed your life forever? and this is what you get.

On Apr 17, 2014 by Cooper Fleishman

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‘Captain Underpants,’ ‘Hunger Games’ top library association’s complaint list

Once again, Young Adult and children's literature top the list of the books that scare us most.

On Apr 15, 2014 by Aja Romano