The Jory John and Avery Monsen Interview

Apr. 19, 2012
John and Monsen create what they call illustrated "children's books for adults," like the darkly funny All My Friends Are Dead.

When (dead) writers Tweet: The art of concise imitation

Aug. 30, 2011
Twitter may seem like an annoying, hyperactive, self-important and cursory way to communicate, but you have to admit, it's addictive. And lately, it has become far more than a way to share your favorite VMA performance with 500 people at once (for the record: Beyonce baby bump!).

When Nelson met Simone

Jul. 13, 2011
It was a story made for Hollywood. And Johnny Depp now has the project in development. But let's begin at the beginning...Early in 1947 the French feminist writer Simone de Beauvoir was traveling in America. A friend suggested she look up Nelson Algren when she got to Chicago.