The Olympia Le-Tan Book Clutch

Attire knows no limits when it comes to idolizing proper nouns.   read more

Song Premiere: Literature - "Rooney"

Earlier this month, Austin-based garage rockers released their debut full-length Arab Spring. Their album packs 11 songs ihn just under 24 minutes, impressively exhibiting their cohesive and infectious power pop. Having opened for Ted Leo and recorded with Greg Ashley (Gris Gris), the group seems posed to turn heads as they take their new record on the road this month.  read more

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

French writer wins '08 Nobel Prize in Literature after leak

The lit crowd was scandalized last week, when the Nobel Foundation's permanent secretary, Horace Engdahl, made disparaging remarks about the insularity of the American writing tradition. On Thursday, French-born author Jean-Marie Gustave (JMG) Le Clézio took the prestigious prize, and, as it turns out, Engdahl's rejection of U.S. literature wasn't the only scandal that would surround this year's Nobel Prize season....  read more