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PHOTOS: Epic Literary Mustaches

| Posted 01.20.2012

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By Alison Nastasi for Flavorwire: Happy birthday to Gothic lit god Edgar Allan Poe, whose chilling tales have influenced innumerable artists of eve...

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Don't Laugh: Norm Macdonald Loves Shakespeare

Adult Swim | Posted 02.14.2012

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Comedian Norm Macdonald is known for his cutting-edge humor, but, backstage, his undying love is classic literature. Yep, a guy who is fond of the ...

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A Fighting Lion: Exercises in Awesome Titles

Jeff Klima | Posted 08.07.2011

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Bar none, the best tool in your author toolbox is a title. Not some suck-ass combination of words culled from your manuscript, supposedly embodying so...

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Literary Characters Who Should Be Tweeting

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.03.2011

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As any true Joyce fan knows, Bloomsday is fast approaching, and this year, thanks to Twitter, there will be a new way to celebrate. One dedicated fan ...

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What Would Faulkner Drink?

newyorker.com | Posted by Samantha Henig | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's hard to imagine William Faulkner setting foot in City Bakery, edging through the anxious lunchtime crowd in Manhattan's Flatiron District and ord...

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James Franco Reveals Details On Next Major Project

MTV | Aly Semigran, With Reporting by Josh Horowitz (@Joshuahorowitz) | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the weekend, MTV News managed to catch a minute with Franco at the Sundance Film Festival, where he revealed to us yet another impressive future ...

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Faulkner Photos By Giant Cartier-Bresson Come Home To Ole Miss

AP | SHELIA BYRD | Posted 05.25.2011

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JACKSON, Miss. — Two photographs pairing artistic giants of the 20th century_ author William Faulkner and photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson &nd...

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James Franco Set For Major Directing Debut

Posted 05.25.2011

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Being a Golden Globe-nominated actor, Oscar host, published author, graduate student, concept artist and painter just isn't enough! Now, James Franco ...

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Books You Think Won't Make It To The Movies

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Book adaptations are always an engaging subject. Last week, we posted a slide show of 'unfilmable books": texts that simply would not adapt well to th...

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Jay-Z Is Jay McInerney?

flavorwire.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The work of hip-hop artists might be collected on mixtapes instead of in weighty tomes, but in both games, lyrical dexterity and a nimble wit are key....

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University Of Virginia Puts Out Faulkner Audio Archives

AP | ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. — Fans of Southern literature have read William Faulkner for decades. Now they can hear the author speak. The University of Virgi...

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The Definitive 'Mad Men' Reading List

Flavorwire | Judy Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the things we love most about Mad Men (and we're big fans, so it's hard to pick) is that the show is chock full of significant period details. ...

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Drunk Writers Were Better Sober, Says Psychiatrist

The Independent | John von Radowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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While many artists and writers were famous for substance abuse, most produced their greatest works while not intoxicated, according to the psychiatris...

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The Joke that Wouldn't Die

Dennis Palumbo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even in my case, with The Joke That Wouldn't Die, I finally found a hint of the underlying cause of my apparent unwillingness to just "let it go."

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Don't Believe the E-book Skeptics

Nathan Bransford | Posted 05.25.2011

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The e-book era is going to be one of incredible innovation and unlimited opportunity. I refuse to believe the skeptics and pessimists. Books are about to get better.

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Faulkner Greatly Influenced By Newly Discovered Plantation Diary

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 19th century plantation diary was a source of inspiration to William Faulkner as he plotted the creation of his imaginary Yoknapatawpha County, the ...

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The Forgettable And The Overlooked In Lit Prizes

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

This year is a good one for female writers; most of the major literature prizes have gone to women, though whether this is a fluke, a new trend of hei...

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What Hemingway Said

Scott Diel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Estonians can put ten million euros behind saying "Welcome" if they want. But I favor crafting a story worthy of Hemingway. The West will swallow it whole.

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