literature

‘Fahrenheit 451’ and the Problem With Trump-Era Dystopian Parables

Plus some other random thoughts about HBO’s remake of the Ray Bradbury classic

Sean Penn’s Novel Is the Worst Ever Written By an Actor — But He’s Got Competition

Sean Penn wrote a novel. That Sean Penn: the actor who I believe peaked in 1982 with a turn as the dumbest stoner alive in…

The Agony of the ‘Persecuted’ Lit-Bro

So nobody likes your writing? Cool story, bro

In a World Where Women Read More Than Men, It Pays to Write From Their Perspective

Gone Girl. The Girl on the Train. The Girls. Where the shelves of Barnes & Noble once groaned with book-club-ready titles like The Time-Traveler’s Wife…