You Could Own F. Scott Fitzgerald’s House
Live in the Victorian rowhouse where a career was born
You’ll Want to Sit on Guggenheim’s Latest Piece, an 18-Karat Golden Toilet
Maurizio Cattelan returns from retirement with this pretentious potty
Five Things to Know About the Most Recent Census Income Report
Income’s up, but the picture is more complicated than that
Four Finds from University of Kansas’ Collection of Radical Zines
The university’s Solidarity! Radical Library boasts a collection of almost 1,000 alternative papers
The New York Public Library’s Radical Zine Collection Is Now on Display
Check out pamphlets from people like Noam Chomsky and Mumia Abu-Jamal
What Will the Memorials of the Future Look Like?
From underwater trees to mechanical parrots, the memorials of tomorrow don’t look much like the ones that exist today
Curators Are One Piece Closer to Solving the Mystery of Magritte’s Missing Painting
The Enchanted Pose is coming back from the dead—one painted-over quarter at a time
Here’s How the Oxford English Dictionary Chooses New Words
“YOLO,” “uptalk” and “gender-fluid” have all made the cut
Pew Research Shows Public Libraries Remain Vital to Communities
The latest poll shows that the majority of Americans think libraries have the resources they need
Inside the 9/11 Museum’s First Art Show
The exhibit marks the 15th anniversary of the attacks
Even Napoleon Had an Unpublished Manuscript, and Now It’s up for Auction
His handwritten novella captures his feelings toward love at age 26
North America Is Crazy For Lego Toys and the Manufacturer Can’t Keep Up
The bricks keep kids and adults coming back for more
Celebrate 50 Years of International Literacy Day With the British Library
Butterflies, rabbits and Shakespeare: there’s something for everybody
Why Syrian Bakers Are Still Making Bread in Spite of the Civil War
Bakers are going to great lengths to preserve a little bit of normalcy
Cleaning This Portrait Could Change the Way Historians See Shakespeare
The only portrait of the Bard made while he was alive might be getting touch-ups
Fuel Your Design Obsession With 200,000 Newly Digitized Artifacts
Explore 30 centuries of design at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum without leaving your computer
Don’t Miss These Dazzling, Iconic Flower Festivals
No matter the time of year, it’s always time for a flower festival
One in Four Americans Didn’t Read a Book Last Year
But don’t mourn the death of the printed word just yet
Alabama Library Plans to Enforce Strict Overdue Book Ordinance
You could face a fine or even spend a night in jail for keeping books too long
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