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Making ends meet…
source Most readers will know that Charlotte Bronte spent most of her daylight hours in service as a governess, and long-time (pre-blog) readers may remember that, in his capacity as Postal Surveyor,...
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“Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign”*…
This infographic from printerinks (via Electric Literature) takes a look at literary pen names through history: click here for larger version * Théophile Gautier, La croix de Berny (Paris: Librairie...
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“I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit”*…
Richard Wright and his Royal Arrow Men (and women) and their machines: “Writers and their typewriters.” * P.G. Wodehouse Wodehouse and his Royal Electric ### As we let our fingers dance, we might...
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“Superstition is the poetry of life”*…
Charles Dickens Slept Facing North Charles Dickens (1812–1870) carried a navigational compass with him at all times and always faced north while he slept—a practice he believed improved his...
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“How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity”*…
Andy Warhol, Polaroid photographs of Truman Capote and William S. Burroughs When one writer speaks frankly to another: William S. Burroughs’s bizarre and mean– and strangely prescient– “open letter”...
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“Living with those who have lived and the companionship of those who are no...
Inside cover of David Foster Wallace’s annotated copy of Don DeLillo’s Players. The papers of both writers are collected at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas Why do the archives of so...
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“Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping...
The television industry, in its new streaming-led form, is in turmoil. The companies that control it are slashing their available libraries and “reorganizing” their operations, leading to layoffs...
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