Besides being one of the most famous English authors, Oscar Wilde was also one of the most intriguing people who have ever lived on Earth. […]
11 Interesting Facts you may not Know About Oscar Wilde
Category: Literary interestingness
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Writing Hacks: Strange Habits of English and American Authors
Mark Twain once said: “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” But is it always so? Tireless perfectionists […]
Five Famous Fiends
Author’s note: This list is, of course, completely biased. Where there is light, there must be darkness, and where there is good, evil must also […]
If on a winter’s night a traveller you knock on Neil Gaiman’s door
Winter is coming, or so they say. Well, I guess that they are right. It is really cold outside these days. Yet somehow I […]
Advice from Maya Angelou
“The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you—black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.”
Poet in the kitchen
Our destination is Amherst, Massachusetts, home of the beloved Emily Dickinson. She led lonely and secluded life, barely leaving her bedroom. Yet, she left behind hundreds of poems, many of which were written down on kitchen paper.
How to eat like Nabokov
We have all heard the intriguing stories about fearless artists, glamorous expats and beautiful socialites gathering in cafes, bars, restaurants, mostly European, Parisian, to be more precise.