Contemporary Authors We Think We’ll Still Be Reading in 100 Years
Earlier this week, we read a fascinating article over at The New Yorker that asked the question, “why is literary fame so unpredictable?” Apparently, in 1929, the readers of The Manchester Guardian...
View ArticleThe Greatest Female Sci-Fi/Fantasy Authors of All Time
Had she not passed away six years ago, today would have been beloved science fiction author Octavia Butler’s 65th birthday. Butler not only made waves for being a phenomenal writer, but for being one...
View ArticleGraphic Artworks Inspired by 20th Century American Authors
As any regular Flavorpill reader knows, we love books over here, and we’re also suckers for graphic art. So it shouldn’t surprise you that we got pretty excited this morning when Largehearted Boy...
View ArticleA Highbrow Halloween Reading List
Halloween is a time for spooky reads, and it’s also one of those days when we feel fine with letting our standards go out the window and reading some terrible-but-amazing fright tales. But what if you...
View Article20 Books Every Woman Should Read in Her 20s
Recently, we stumbled upon this list of “fun” books that every woman should read in her 20s — needless to say, if you’re even a casual visitor to this space, the books (Confessions of a Shopaholic,...
View Article10 Famous Novelists Who Have Dabbled in Comics
This week, we were delighted to come across You’ll Have to Save That For Another Time, a comic written by Dave Eggers and drawn by Noah Van Sciver, over at Trip City. Unaware as we were that Eggers had...
View ArticleYour Favorite Authors’ Favorite Musicians
Here at Flavorwire of late, we’ve been looking at what some of our favorite creative types have appreciated in the work of their peers — our favorite actors’ favorite actors, etc. We do like a bit of...
View Article28 Feminist Writers Recommend Books Every Man Should Read
The leaves turn, the air gets colder, and a publication devoted to men makes a list of “80 Books Every Man Should Read” that has just one female writer on it. It’s just one slight in a list that’s...
View ArticleFlavorwire Staffers’ All-Around Best Cultural Experiences of 2014
2014 may not have been a… stellar year for some people the planet, but it wasn’t totally irredeemable! Here at Flavorwire, we’ve had the opportunity to see exhibitions from Davids Lynch and Bowie, see...
View ArticleSpy Novelists: Doris Lessing and James Baldwin Under Surveillance
Surveillance files of literary authors recently made available or recently scoured have revealed postwar British and American states comically (and scarily) out of touch with the discourses and...
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