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  1. Bob Dylan (1941-), Lyricist and Troubadour from Minnesota, and 2016 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature 1 2 3 4

    By The Hersch,   
    • 198 replies
    • 9.3k views

  2. "Runaway" (2004) - Eight Short Stories by Alice Munro (1931-), Canadien Author and Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize For Literature 1 2

    By DonRocks,   
    • 60 replies
    • 5.6k views

  3. "Ben's Chili Bowl" (2005) by Walter Irving Ray, Jr., Excerpted from "'De Colored Section"

    By DonRocks,   
    • 3 replies
    • 2.9k views

  4. Etymology and Grammar - Rules, Tricks, and Ways to Remember Things

    By DonRocks,   
    • 27 replies
    • 2.6k views

  5. "The 500" (2012) by Matthew Quirk, Featuring a Don Rockwell Cameo - Now in Paperback

    By DonRocks,   
    • 8 replies
    • 2.5k views

  6. howjsay.com, Tim Bowyer's Easy-To-Use English Pronunciation Guide, Part of fonetiks.org

    By DonRocks,   
    • 5 replies
    • 2.4k views

  7. "Grammar Geekery" - A Washington Post Column Written by Bill Walsh 1 2

    By DonRocks,   
    • 52 replies
    • 2.3k views

  8. "Big Ass Comics," by Rip-Off Press and Creator Robert Crumb

    By Joe H,   
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views

  9. Housemade vs. Homemade

    By chefgunshow,   
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views

  10. "Go Set A Watchman" (2015), Harper Lee's (1926-) Precursor to "To Kill A Mockingbird" - Release Date Jul 14, 2015

    By DonRocks,   
    • 15 replies
    • 2k views

  11. Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), 1982 Nobel Prize-Winning Author From Colombia, and Author of "100 Years of Solitude"

    By DonRocks,   
    • 6 replies
    • 1.5k views

  12. Günter Grass (1927-2015), 1999 Nobel Prize-Winning Author From Germany and Author of "The Tim Drum"

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views

  13. What Are You Reading, And What's Next on Your List?

    By porcupine,   
    • 31 replies
    • 1.5k views

  14. Post-Surgery Reads - Looking For Suggestions While I'm Recuperating

    By Ilaine,   
    • 24 replies
    • 1.5k views

  15. "Breakfast of Champions" (1973) - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Bleak, Depressing, yet Humorous Portrait of America and Planet Earth

    By DonRocks,   
    • 20 replies
    • 1.4k views

  16. The Etymology of the Word "Glitch" - Could It Be From Mad Magazine?

    By DonRocks,   
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views

  17. "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)

    By DaveO,   
    • 8 replies
    • 1.3k views

  18. "Patty Reed's Doll - The Story of the Donner Party" (1956), Author Rachel K. Laurgaard's Children's Story Based on the True Pioneering Tragedy

    By DonRocks,   
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views

  19. "Shipping Out" (1996) by David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) Originally Published in Harper's Magazine

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views

  20. "Star Trek Book of Opposites" (2011) by David Borgenicht (1968-)

    By leleboo,   
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views

  21. "Unbroken" (2010) - Laura Hillenbrand's Biography of Athlete and War Hero Louis Zamperini

    By DonRocks,   
    • 11 replies
    • 1.1k views

  22. "Kipling's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915) - A Parody of TS Eliot's Pre-Modernist Poem by Jim Macdonald

    By The Hersch,   
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  23. "Hinky" - A Word Gone Obsolete in One or Two Generations

    By DonRocks,   
    • 27 replies
    • 965 views

  24. "The Directive," By Matthew Quirk, Sequel To "The 500," A New York Times Bestseller

    By DonRocks,   
    • 2 replies
    • 934 views

  25. "Missing Person" <<Rue des Boutiques Obscures>> (1978) - Existential Mystery Novel by 2014 Nobel Prize-Winning French Author Patrick Modiano

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 925 views

  26. Annoying Words and Expressions

    By DonRocks,   
    • 36 replies
    • 913 views

  27. A Promise of Tapsters and Other Collective Nouns

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 873 views

  28. "The Bridge on the Drina" (1945) by Ivo Andri - Yugoslav Novelist and 1961 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature

    By DonRocks,   
    • 2 replies
    • 870 views

  29. "Infinite Jest," (1996), A Massive, Philosophical, Science-Fiction, Black-Comedy by David Foster Wallace

    By DIShGo,   
    • 10 replies
    • 845 views

  30. Richard Cory (1897) by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) - An American Poet Who Won Three Pulitzer Prizes

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views

  31. David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), Genius American Novelist, Essayist, and Author of Short Stories

    By DonRocks,   
    • 2 replies
    • 821 views

  32. Three Books About World War II: "A Higher Call,"� "Let Me Go,"� and "Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed"

    By porcupine,   
    • 0 replies
    • 785 views

  33. "Tennis Player Michael Joyce's Professional Artistry as a Paradigm of Certain Stuff about Choice, Freedom, Discipline, Joy, Grotesquerie, and Human Completeness" (1996), aka "The String Theory," by David Foster Wallace

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 711 views

  34. Buying Used Books On The Internet - bookfinder.com And Other Sources

    By The Hersch,   
    • 4 replies
    • 658 views

  35. "The String Theory" (1996) - An Essay About The Qualifying Rounds of the Montreal Open Tennis Tournament by David Foster Wallace

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 651 views

  36. "Endurance" (1959) - Alfred Lansing's Retelling of Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1917 Antarctic Expedition

    By DonRocks,   
    • 6 replies
    • 633 views

  37. George Will (1941-), American Newspaper Columnist, Journalist, and Author

    By DonRocks,   
    • 7 replies
    • 625 views

  38. "AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, DC" (1965) 2nd Edition (1974) 3rd Edition (1994) 4th Edition (2006) 5th Edition (2012) - Walking Guidebook to DC

    By DonRocks,   
    • 2 replies
    • 598 views

  39. "The Alchemist" (1988) - Brazilian Paulo Coelho's Portuguese-Language Novel - Bestseller Translated into Eighty Languages

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 595 views

  40. "The Tin Drum" (1959) Gunter Grass' Allegorical Masterpiece about Oskar Matzerath, and One of the Most Important Novels of the Twentieth Century

    By DIShGo,   
    • 3 replies
    • 591 views

  41. Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), Austrian Novelist, Playwright, Journalist, Biographer, and One of the Greatest Writers in History

    By DonRocks,   
    • 5 replies
    • 585 views

  42. "The Voyage Out" (1915), The First Novel Of English Modernist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

    By Ilaine,   
    • 7 replies
    • 556 views

  43. "Sweetbitter" (2016) by Stephanie Danler - Novel About One Year as a Backwaiter at Union Square Cafe (?)

    By dcs,   
    • 4 replies
    • 532 views

  44. "The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love" (1989), Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel by Oscar Hijuelos

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 510 views

  45. Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Legendary Canadian Singer, Songwriter, Poet, and Novelist

    By MC Horoscope,   
    • 10 replies
    • 504 views

  46. Dystopian Fiction

    By porcupine,   
    • 3 replies
    • 489 views

  47. "Ball Four" (1970) - Jim Bouton (1939-), aka "Benedict Arnold" to Some, Betrays the Inner Secrets of Major League Baseball

    By DonRocks,   
    • 6 replies
    • 472 views

  48. "Truth Serum" (2005) - A Poem of Integrity by Naomi Shihab Nye (1952-)

    By zoramargolis,   
    • 0 replies
    • 447 views

  49. Respectable, Unmoderated Comments In Respectable Publications

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 443 views

  50. "Sir Patrick Spens" (Late Medieval Era) - Ancient Scottish Ballad Anthologized by Francis James Child (c1875)

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 440 views
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