A Los Angeles Book Club Has Spent 28 Years Reading James Joyce’s ’Finnegans Wake’ and Still Doesn’t Understand It
James Joyce once famously declared, “The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.“ After 28 years, members of a Venice, California-based book club have come pretty close.
2023-12-01 05:26
Walgreens to close nearly all pharmacies on Thanksgiving for first time
(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance will close nearly all of its stores and pharmacies on Thanksgiving Day for the first time
2023-11-17 04:53
Don’t Know What to Read Next? This Comprehensive Book Map Can Help
TheLibraryMap organizes 100,000 book titles in a way that’s visually pleasing and easy to navigate.
2023-10-27 05:47
12 Novels Inspired by Real Events
Novelists have used everything from real killers to newsworthy hostage situations to literal white whales to craft their fiction.
2023-10-24 06:26
11 Illuminating Facts About the Movie ‘Twilight’
It’s never a bad time to talk about the baseball scene in ‘Twilight.’
2023-10-24 02:19
11 Contemporary Horror Authors to Read (Who Aren’t Stephen King)
If you want to expand your horror reading beyond Stephen King, look no further than this list, which features everyone from Mariana Enriquez to Stephen Graham Jones and beyond.
2023-10-19 20:27
Walgreens maps out $1 billion in cost cuts as profit forecast underwhelms
(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance said on Thursday that it expected to cut at least $1 billion in costs in 2024
2023-10-12 23:19
A New Translation of ’The Iliad’ Is Bringing a Truer Ancient Greece to Modern Readers
This all-new translation of the Homer epic is six years in the making.
2023-10-09 22:22
The 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022
Parents and politicians are trying to pull books off shelves at a record-setting pace.
2023-10-06 02:29
Dollar Baby: Why Stephen King Sells the Rights to His Work to Up-and-Coming Filmmakers for Just $1
The Dollar Baby contract is Stephen King’s way of helping film students adapt his stories without financial barriers.
2023-09-30 20:23
Rhyming Is Encouraged in the New Dr. Seuss Edition of ’Scrabble’
You can play Dr. Seuss ‘Scrabble’ here or there—you can play it anywhere!
2023-09-29 23:22
The Cannoli Incident: How One Capo in ‘The Godfather’ May Have Written Himself Out of the Sequel
“Leave the Gun, take the cannoli” was improvised by actor Richard Castellano. But a disagreement with director Francis Ford Coppola may have led to him being ousted from the sequel.
2023-09-27 03:16