Flavorwire rounds up handwritten outlines. (That’s William Faulkner’s outline for A Fable written on the wall.)

“The Good Union bookstore, which usually sells school textbooks, said it had sold roughly eighty sets of the trilogy in the past month. By comparison, Taobao’s current number one best seller, Travel Keeps You Young, sold four hundred copies last month.” Contraband 50 Shades hits China. 

Judy Blume, on the big screen for the first time.

“I saw women on the street cars with their little changer belts … And they had caps with bills on them and they had form-fitting jackets. I loved the uniforms! So I said, ‘That’s the job I want.’” Maya Angelou’s teenage ambition.

Meet the Man Booker International Prize finalists.