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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Jonathan Stone for Art-Sheep In today\’s weird but extremely enjoyable list of things, we have collected a series of 40 bad, really bad, titles on book covers. Whether they were puns written by the authors, the publisher\’s choice or simply, the subject of what\’s inside, books with titles like, \”The Best Dad Is A Good
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In this 1952 interview, John Steinbeck talked about writing The Grapes of Wrath and how things had changed since the book was published in 1939. He’s surprisingly optimistic about the changes in American society since the Great Depression: “We have solved so many of [the problems] and the solutions have been the product of ourselves,
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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Amazon currently spots just a single copy, handsomely priced at $12,900! Salvador Dali, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his work, illustrated one of the greatest and most surreal literary works of all time: Alice in Wonderland. In 1985, 20 thousand shiny and carefully crafted new books were distributed with the title Alice’s
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Margaret Atwood is a speculative fiction writer, poet, literary critic and environmental activist. Best known for her Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning classic The Handmaid\’s Tale, her more recent work includes a trilogy centered on a climate change-induced dystopia, and a collection of fantastical short stories, Stone Mattress: Nine Tales. She spoke with The Huffington Post
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Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins by Jonathan Stone Book lovers are going to love this project, as we know very well how important visual depictions of book characters are. The magic can be easily lost as often studios cast the wrong actors to play famous book heroes, causing the outrage of
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A small start-up company in Grenoble, France has conceived and executed an awesome idea: the Short Edition vending machine! This unique vending machine prints out short stories and poems instead of offering snacks, aiming to keep people off their mobile phones and bring them closer to reading and writing. So far, 8 machines have been
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Jonathan Stone for Art-Sheep Marilyn Monroe, the blonde bombshell of the old Hollywood, is as famous for her photographs as she is for her film appearances. Her eroticism and breathtaking beauty has been captured in hundreds of photos that will forever be adored. One of the fanatic Marilyn-admirers is curator David Wills who owns one
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Upton Sinclair September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968 Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA Best thing about him: He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943 Most important book: The Jungle, 1906 Interesting fact: He has written more than 100 books His book Oil! (1927) was adapted as the film There Will Be
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