George Orwell 25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 Place of birth: imperial India Best thing about him: He fought against the fascists in the Spanish civil war Most important book: 1984 Fun fact: He is the father of dystopian literature, with 1984 being one of the most influential books of pop culture. His 11 […]
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Jonathan Stone for Art-Sheep UK-based Aniko Kolesnikova aka Mandarin Duck creates fascinating book covers out of polymer clay, which she molds and forms any way she wants in order to make her fantastic shapes. The Latvian designer-artist is influenced by all kinds of real and fictional animals, to create her fantastic fairytale world. From an owl to
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Anna Randal for Art-Sheep Images by Gisèle Freund I was born a bitch. I was born a painter. – Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo de Rivera is one of the most significant and famous painters of the 20th century. Known for her many and interesting photographs, Frida created a myth around her name and her profession
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Ruben Steeman has been posting one drawing per day for seven years on his website. When he reached the unbelievable amount of 2,500 drawings he decided to put them all in a book. Despite several publishers telling it would be impossible to print and publish it he wasn\’t put off but remained focused and driven.
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Anna Randal for Art-Sheep Apart from their unique personalities and extravagant lives, most of artists shared a common passion, the passion for cats. Alison Nastasia gathered for the first time, a collection of behind-the scenes stories of more than 50 famous artists and their furry friends. The compilation is all included in a book
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In this short excerpt from a Q&A as University of Virginia’s first Writer-in-Residence, Faulkner talks about The Sound and the Fury, and why it was his favorite novel. Listen to the full recording here.
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In a pleasant Scottish brogue, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle talks about how he started writingSherlock Holmes (“I began to think of turning scientific methods, as it were, onto the work of detection”) and the character’s popularity (“I’ve even had ladies writing to say that they’d be very glad to act as [Holmes’] housekeeper”). Then the
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Albert Sagan for Art-Sheep Terry Pratchett\’s probably being gloriously welcomed in Discworld since he left planet Earth last month, on a one-way ride with DEATH’s white horse Binky. But his devoted fans in the UK make sure he won’t be forgotten by creating graffiti tributes for Sir Terry. So far, there are two of them,
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Here’s Flannery O’Connor reading her short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find\” at Vanderbilt University in 1959.
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Here’s Nabokov talking about his novel Lolita on a 1950s CBC program \”Close Up.” The interview is at the height of the controversy surrounding the book, which was banned due to its theme of child molestation. When asked his intentions in writing it, Nabokov replies: “I don’t wish to touch hearts and I don’t even
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