So Vulture is reporting that Zach Galifianakis is set to star as one of the greatest characters literature has to offer: Ignatius J. Reilly, the hero (?) of John Kennedy Toole’s ...

After my column last month on “A Confederacy of Dunces,” Bob Jacobsen wrote to let me know that legions of fans also love the book — and they’re willing to speak up when it’s overlooked. Most of us ...

Ignatius J. Reilly would not seem to inspire a cookbook. The overweight, overeducated 30-year-old fights against the modern world, opines about food and gorges on jelly doughnuts, wine cakes, candy ...

After reading A Confederacy of Dunces recently, I was surprised to learn of the author's Tulane connection. I would like a deeper insight into the author's college days, especially his Irish Channel ...

“Mother, I have been seized!” echoed throughout the Huntington Theatre Wednesday evening as Nick Offerman’s character was arrested on stage. John Kennedy Toole’s novel “A Confederacy of Dunces,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. hollyblog guest blog banner On March 26 1969, on a quiet country road outside Biloxi, Mississippi, John Kennedy Toole took his own ...

In the classic sophomoric college film, Animal House, a naïve freshman pledge is distraught that the sleek Lincoln loaned to him by his older brother has been dinged repeatedly after a night of ...