Doodles by Lewis Carroll: Handwritten Manuscript Pages From Classic Books
These paper-and-ink drafts offer glimpses into the creative habits of 25 authors who wrote their timeless works the old-fashioned way. More »
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These paper-and-ink drafts offer glimpses into the creative habits of 25 authors who wrote their timeless works the old-fashioned way. More »
Creative thinkers often have some unconventional impulses: Immanuel Kant liked being wrapped up like a mummy, and Charles Dickens lived with a bunch of animals. More »
Honorees from the publication's once-in-a-decade list praise their contemporaries. More »
"The richest children were more possessive." More »
The many parental and professorial objections to the teaching of literature like To Kill a Mockingbird, Animal Farm, and more More »
A variety of questionable celebrity pointers, from Snooki's parenting tips to Benjamin Franklin on how to choose a mistress More »
From Tina Fey's memoir to Margaret Atwood and Octavia Butler's dystopias, these works offer a window into the female experience. More »
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in jaunty cursive loops; Emily and Charlotte Brontë, meanwhile, wrote on scraps of paper so tiny their penmanship requires a magnifying glass. More »
Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Mencken, and other scribes had deep thoughts on boozing. More »
Five books the mysterious ad exec should read, with an optional Old Fashioned in hand. More »
Even the greats of modern literature had awkward phases. More »
Ginsberg was sloppy, Vonnegut was giggly, and none of Frank McCourt's students ever thought he would become a famous writer. More »
Nine letters of admiration sent between writers, and one scathing letter of scorn More »
Some authors' thoughts on what female perfection means are sweet; others are maybe a little regrettable. More »
These 20 self-renderings reveal the ways some famous visionaries have seen themselves. More »
Images of post-modernists in Midtown, Twain in repose, and more More »
Some famous thinkers make gifted elucidators when they step behind the lectern; others are more like nutty professors. More »
Noteworthy feminist writing, from the works of Virginia Woolf to Caitlin Moran More »
Contemporary writers discuss their favorite romantic sentiments by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Sylvia Plath, and more More »
Some authors create thinly veiled characters out of admiration; others do it out of pure spite. More »
