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This Week: Mythical Creatures in Haiku, Billy Collins Gets Animated, How to Be the World’s Most Famous Author

JK Evanczuk / Wednesday, December 2, 2009 View Comments

Edgar Allen Pug

John Pupdike, Edgar Allen Pug, and other literary pets.

The best book covers of 2009.

The origin of modern individual consciousness comes not from great literature, but rather from the humble spaces between words.

Twisted kids’ book parodies: Dude, They’re Going to Chop Your Balls Off!, Horton Hires A Ho!, My First Rave.

A step-by-step guide on how to become the most famous author in the world. Or, a list of everything John Cusack did in 2012.

100 mythical creatures in haiku, once a day from yesterday until March 10.

Billy Collins’ poetry gets animated.

Tis the season to publish books about drinking.

Ward Six wants to see an early-seventies mass-market retro paperback cover trend.

The science of reading in the brain.

Stephen King is currently working on a sequel to The Shining.

Aaaand to get you through the rest of the week, the cast of “Spongebob Squarepants” dub classic films. Because we’re sophisticated.

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