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HAVING SHARPENED THEIR #2 PENCILS, my teenage daughters are about to take this spring's battery of standardized tests, leaving me to wonder what these tests mean - about their education, about the culture of college my husband and I are preparing them for, about American values.

Baz Luhrmann's bastardization of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is a demeaning travesty.

Did you go and see Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby at the weekend? If, like us, you were totally inspired by the costumes and dA©cor in the film but don't feel brave enough to paint the town red in full-on flapper girl attire then you're in luck, as we've discovered a new way to embrace the 20s theme of the moviea Instead of dressing yourself, ... (more)

This year's conference will focus on Southern culture and Southern literature. Frye Gaillard, writer-in-residence at the University of South Alabama, will serve as the event's keynote speaker Gaillard has written extensively on Southern race relations, politics and culture as the author or editor of more than 20 books, including "Cradle of Freedom: ... (more)

Jodi Arias returns to court for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her lover's killing as jurors consider a life sentence or execution.

Arifa Akbar is deputy literary editor and arts writer at The Independent. She has been at the paper since 2001, and has previously worked as a news reporter and arts correspondent.

Albert Camus is arguably one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. His relatively short life is well chronicled and the fodder of multiple conversations in university literature classes.

WHEN YOU STUDY Southern literature, it sometimes feels like all roads lead to William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County, even if you had no intentions of going there.

ShelfTalker Guest blogger Alison Morris chronicles her visit to Greece with other children's book lovers for a Children's Literature New England weeklong institute.

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That was certainly the case for John Williams' novel Stoner . When it was originally published in 1965, it received admiring reviews but sold just 2,000 copies and was almost immediately forgotten.

Brand, Gerhard. "Lolita." Magill's Survey Of American Literature, Revised Edition : 1-2. Literary Reference Center.

A meeting over tea in Tianjin turned classic comic-book capers into a serious business, Yang Yang discovers.

As part of its shift to the four-year format for undergraduate students, Delhi University has dropped the works of scholar A K Ramanujan whose "controversial" essay titled Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five examples and Three Thoughts on Translation was removed from the History syllabus last year for "hurting religious sentiments". Two works by ... (more)

Like many writers, I was interested from a very early age in the relationship between the way a story was told and what it was telling.

HiLobrow is proud to present the fifteenth installment of Robert Waldron's novel The School on the Fens .

Set in the Appalachian Mountains in Harrogate, Tenn., the AYWW will appeal to students who have a particular interest in the Appalachian region whether it is through literature, environmental issues, or for inspiration.

What should you read this weekend? USA TODAY's picks for book lovers include the latest scorching hot blockbuster from Dan Brown, plus a touching tale about a journalist and her therapy dog.

MORE than 75 people turned out to hear Lord Sainsbury's talk yesterday at the lunchtime event on Day 11 of the Swindon Festival of Literature .

Vicky Pryce, the economist convicted of taking speeding points for disgraced cabinet minister Chris Huhne, is writing a book inspired by her time behind bars.