Melville House Books

Back in September the sensationally successful, bestselling author James Patterson pledged $1 million of his personal wealth to independent bookshops across America (we covered the story here). Yesterday, Patterson announced… Read more »

Kanye West, a talented narcissist, and Bret Easton Ellis, a less talented narcissist, are currently working on a film together, according to Ellis, who is not a genius, like Kanye… Read more »

If you tried to imagine what a children’s book written by a ruthless dictator sounds like, would it be something like this? “At last the left cyst burst, emitting fierce… Read more »

On a trip up the West Coast from the Freshman Year Experience Conference in San Diego to the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Seattle, I’ve been stopping… Read more »

A bevy of recent books feature female main characters who avoid falling into the role of caregiver or even quirky love interest. Instead, Sarah Hughes has noticed a new cultural… Read more »