Writers Withdraw From Gala After PEN Honors Charlie Hebdo

Six writers have withdrawn from PEN American Center’s annual gala after the organization decided to give an award to satirical French news magazine Charlie Hebdo. PEN American Center At the 2015 PEN Literary Gala, Paris-based satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo will be honored with the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award. "It is the role of the satirists...

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If Edgar Allan Poe Quotes Were Motivational Posters

You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. Andrew Ray/Alamy Scott Stulberg/Corbis Mac Stones/Tandem Stills/Motion Barry Hamilton/Corbis View Entire List ...

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Vote In Round 2 Of April Madness: The “Avengers” Edition

Who is the greatest Avenger of them all? Marvel / Via michelravey.com Tie in Round 1: Since She-Hulk and Firestar ended round 1 in a tie, we deferred to Marvel's own ranking of Avengers to determine which heroine would move on. As Firestar was rated at 41 and She-Hulk came in at 21 in Marvel's list, She-Hulk will advance. View Entire List ...

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Finals Week, As Told By William Shakespeare

On cheating: “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” View Entire List ...

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45 Quotes From Literature That Will Actually Change Your Life

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Submitted by Jacob Sergii Tsololo / Getty Images 2. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." —Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Submitted by Shelley Schoppert, Facebook 3. "The mark of the...

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