‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’ is one of the best-known short stories by Flannery O’Connor (1925-64), who produced a string of powerful stories during her short life. First published in the collection A Good Man Is Hard to Find in 1955, the story is about an American family […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2022-09-26 14:00:41 UTC ]
Sylvia Plath was born 89 years ago today. A published writer from age at, she left behind a vast catalogue of poetry and prose, especially given her short life. One of her most charming works was a rhyming children’s book written in 1959 (before either of her children were born) and published in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-27 17:44:35 UTC ]
In his short life, Howard, the master of the sword-and-sorcery novel, produced hard-boiled mysteries, an occult thriller, a science fiction novel and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-06-09 05:37:45 UTC ]
In June—with Roy Cooper, the Democratic governor of North Carolina, refusing, due to the pandemic, to accede to President Trump’s demands for a business-as-usual Republican convention in Charlotte—Trump pulled the plug, and said he would instead accept his party’s nomination on the friendlier... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-08-24 12:17:11 UTC ]
A new collection introduces English-speaking audiences to an overlooked Japanese cartoonist who smashed both gender and genre norms during her short life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2020-08-05 18:19:54 UTC ]
Toby Ferris traveled across Europe to see all of the Dutch Renaissance painter’s surviving work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-03-11 18:07:05 UTC ]
Steven M. Gillon offers a few surprises in recounting the presidential son’s short life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-07-11 14:24:26 UTC ]