Dwight Garner examines how a collection of book advertisements from 1962-1973 influenced a new generation of readers and writers, with vivid images and pithy copy.

Roni Horn's Icelandic art installation Library of Water invokes the country's desolate landscape by converting an old library into an "archive" of glaciers.

The University of Texas, Austin, houses a treasure trove of archived literary material, despite accusations of excessive spending.

Comic-book publishers are starting to corner the teenage-girl market, bringing in a whole new wave of comic heroes largely influenced by Japanese manga.

The American Heritage Dictionary presents a list of 100 words every high-school graduate should know, leading to a tectonic shift in thesaurus usage.