Read by Tom Waits, written by Charles Bukowski This reading by Tom Waits captures the essence of Bukowski’s The Laughing Heart — raw, weary wisdom spoken through the gravel of a voice that’s lived ...

Banter, buskers, and the Barras; single ends and smirry rain; the clockwork orange and that famous traffic cone … Everything you might expect and lots you might not has made it into the Great Big ...

September 18, 2025 • A new Pynchon! A Tim Curry memoir! A 600-page doorstopper from a reclusive writer (not named Thomas Pynchon)! The fall is stacked with big book releases. Here's what we're ...

ALTOONA, Pa. — Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, has a poem about inebriated robins in the new anthology “Birdbrains: A Lyrical Guide to Washington State Birds.” Murphy’s poem ...

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