October 24, 2014
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño thrust these poets into the mainstream, but who were they really?
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The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño thrust these poets into the mainstream, but who were they really?
Read MoreVera Nabokova, Sophia Tolstaya, Anna Dostoyevskaya and Natalia Solzhenitsyna — suffering and child-rearing, while acting as wife and secretary to genius.
Read MoreOn October 22, 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre refused the Nobel Prize in Literature, setting a precedent and an example for other writers.
Read MoreThough they may have been atheists, both the German philosopher and Russian-American author are undoubtedly channeled in Anton LaVey’s Satanic Bible.
Read MoreLed by a dream to the Italian writer’s novel; led by the novel back to reality.
Read MoreEnglish occultist Aleister Crowley led a raucous life as either a great charlatan or the “Great Beast 666.”
Read MoreThe deluge of the Information Age has made it difficult to keep pace, but that doesn’t mean we should discriminate so callously.
Read MoreLouise Fitzhugh’s literary realism inspired a new generation of spy kids.
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