Nothing like a bit of Gatsby eye candy to wrap up this day. Architectural Digest has the dish on how Director Baz Luhrmann and his designer wife Catherine Martin created the dazzling sets in the new movie version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel.
"Great Gatsby" author F. Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack at the age of 44 on December 21, 1940. That was 72 years ago, but his name lives on at a westside Atlanta cafe.
September 30 kicked off the American Society of Journalists and Authors' Banned Books Week. Started in 1982, the campaign was a reaction to schools and libraries pulling books off the shelves because of their objections to language and subject matter.
School starting in many locations across the country today got us thinking about those required reading lists. As an adult, you have a second chance to rediscover some of them - on your own time and with no pop quiz afterward.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic story has been chosen for the Book Riot's first "Riot Read" book club. Through August 1, they'll be posting special features on the book and Fitzgerald.