(I can’t believe I missed the two that I did … clearly I haven’t been reading enough Batman). ————– Tangentially related:Â Greg Hurwitz...

Yeah, the literary mash-up genre does not appear to be going away anytime soon. But Star Wars-meets-Shakespeare sounds like a fun idea...

Food, and literature? Yes. Here’s a fun one from Flavorwire (“How to Eat Like Your Favorite Authors”). It is quite a list, with...

“Running 169 issues long, the series’ first run ended in 1971, leaving us to adore them only through hand-me-downs and chance thrift...

Parody and literature is a favorite pet topic of mine. There’s something pleasurable about seeing familiar literature spun into...

Interested in news about literature as video games? Of course you are. From GalleyCat: “Henry David Thoreau Video Game Gets $40,000 NEA...

Literature! and Science! Scientific American shares “10 Novels That Will Sharpen Your Mind” featuring an interactive image exploring some...

“In 1963, a sixteen-year-old San Diego high school student named Bruce McAllister sent a four-question mimeographed survey to 150...

Or, rather: should you speed read literature? Not if you actually like reading literature, is the opinion from The Guardian’s Books Blog...

Here’s a great list from Maria Popova (brainpickings.org) list: “7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature.” It’s...

Interesting article from Vanity Fair –Â “The Road to Melville” — which offers a nice discussion on reasons why readers still read Moby...

Interesting article from Vanity Fair –Â “The Road to Melville” — which offers a nice discussion on reasons why readers still read Moby...

The Great Gatsby in NES form* was making its way through the blogosphere a couple of weeks ago. Per The Atlantic‘s synopsis, players...

Last year, the Dante’s Inferno video game garnered an abundant amount of press (to show that they weren’t messing around, EA even had a...

Last week’s post on Simpsons courses had me thinking a bit more about The Simpsons and literature. What a fun idea for a class that would...

Last week’s post on Simpsons courses had me thinking a bit more about The Simpsons and literature. What a fun idea for a class that would...