The following article is reprinted from The Best of Uncle John' Bathroom Reader. The original Frankenstein's monster wasn't Boris Karloff -it was (believe it or not) a character created by a 19-year-old author named M...

September 24th through October 1st is Banned Books...  ...ecause never, but never, in the entire history of literature , has good and evil been so clearly portrayed and...

Are CliffsNotes (well, it ws Cli...  ...ere you can catch up on all the classic literature you've been meaning to read. For example:...

The Republic High School in Missouri recently banned Kurt Vonnegut's masterpiece Slaughterhouse-Five. In response, the Vonnegut Memorial Library is offering the students a free copy of the novel so they can read it on th...

A few months ago I wrote an article on non-literary uses for books. If you liked that post, you'd certainly appreciate this great post on WebUrbanist detailing 12 cool artists that use books as their mediums. Link...

If you're a bookworm like I am then you'll probabl...  ...ld get along with. So much of what attracts us to literature and philosophy is its author’s stated or implie...

When people talk about literary loves, they mention Rhett and Scarlet, Heathcliff and Catherine, or Romeo and Juliet. It's about time some more modern love stories joined them. The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog assembl...

(YouTube link) Storytellers drew inspiration from the people passing through Aotea Square in Auckland, New Zealand. The stories were projected on a large screen, where folks could see themselves woven into the stori...

In July, Sotheby's of London will auction off the only handwritten Jane Austen manuscript in private hands. It's the unfinished novel The Watsons, which some say Austen might have completed if it weren't so close to her...

I know you Neatoramanauts are a smart bunch, so I know most of you would rather read a book than destroy it. That being said, there are still far too many books in this world that are destroyed or contain terrible storie...