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Watch a Slideshow of The Simpsons' Literary References

Photo by 20th Century Fox In commemoration of the history’s longest-lasting cartoon The Simpsons’ 23rd season, The Atlantic compiled a fantastic slideshow of clips from the show’s history revolving around its nods to (and parodies of) highbrow literary culture. Naturally, wise-beyond-her-years Lisa Simpson is pretty much the only character involved in the slew of literary references—her role as the show’s well-informed, socially-conscious voice of reason gave the writers of The Simpsons plenty of opportunity to comment on the state of literature and call attention to how distilled it is in the general public. (Example of the general public: When was...  read more

Colum McCann, Dave Eggers Win Big at 60th Annual National Book Awards

Last night, at a black-tie ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, the National Book Awards winners were announced for seven different literary categories. Satirist Andy Borowitz, who runs fake news website The Borowitz Report, emceed the event....  read more

Finalists for 2009 National Book Awards are Announced

The 60th annual National Book Award Finalists have been announced for 2009. The prize is awarded to one work out of five nominees in each of four genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature). This year, 193 publishers submitted a total of 1,129 books for consideration....  read more