New York on the cinematic adaptation of On the Road: “Salles has a practically insurmountable task ahead of him: how to be faithful to a revolutionary work of the fifties without turning it into a musty period piece?”

Salon asked the likes of Kate Zambreno, Junot Diaz, Emma Straub, Blake Butler, Sheila Heti, and more for their favorite book of 2012.

And Flavorpill looks ahead to the most anticipated books of 2013.

Jeffrey Eugenides on Christopher Hitchens, advice to writers, and more.

Lauren Cerand on literary letters.

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