- Why We Write Love this, from Grant Snider’s Incidental Comics: For further explanation, please consider the Art-Fame-Soul Diagram.
- History of Banned Books: an Infographic Love this: Courtesy of our friends at: http://www.printerinks.com/
- Vebal Vixen’s Favorite Books of 2012 This year has been a year full of books. Here at The Literary Man homestead, we collect books quite literally by the hundreds, and this year brought many worthy additions to our shelves. It’s hard to choose the top 10 books of the year, as time gets muddled and I’ve questioned, “Did I read this […]
- The Most Important Book of the Decade? Today, I finished what history may eventually deem to be one of the most important books of our time. The last decade has been one of dramatic upheaval filled with times of immense sorrow, fear, panic, anger, and strife. Our lives changed, as a nation and as a world, on September 11th, 2001. On that […]
- Breaking News: The Brooklyn Book Festival Interview In our continued effort to stay relevant, TLM sent our reknowed Ronald Templeton to the Brooklyn Book Festival. It’s been three weeks, and we haven’t heard from him. However, the following interview between Templeton, The Internet Poet and The Epic Poet was pieced together from several napkins. No one involved has any memory of this. […]
- Reader’s Block Ahead There comes a time in the life of an avid reader when there are so many options, so many choices of what to read that he or she feels the strangest of sensations: Reader’s Block. Urban Dictionary has not only defined this term but has capitalized on it: they sell t-shirts, mugs, and beer steins with […]
- Art as a Promise for Always There are no rules, really, in buying gifts for a loved one. It isn’t always easy to think of what to give on birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays, but here at The Literary Man, we believe that gifts should come from a place of creativity, taking in all there is to know about that person and […]
- Faulkner’s Hot Toddy Cures Everything And now, only a day after F. Scott Fitzgerald’s birthday, we celebrate the birth date of another great American writer, William Faulkner. To celebrate, toss back a few mint juleps as we’re sure Faulkner himself would have done. Thanks to Maud Newton’s blog, we’ve also learned the recipe for his hot toddy, which, according to Ms. […]
- 30 Literary Works to Read Before You Turn 30 I have always been a voracious reader. Even as a toddler, I would insist on my parents reading practically every book on the shelf before bedtime. I loved “reading” THE BERENSTAIN BEARS and LITTLE MISS CHATTERBOX to my dolls and stuffed animals. Books transformed me to a new place, introduced me to new ideas and experiences, […]
- Are Drunken Pirates Literary Men? Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! To celebrate pirate literary figures such as Captain Hook from PETER PAN, Long John Silver from TREASURE ISLAND, and Ragnar from ATLAS SHRUGGED, we hereby submit to you the official Drunken Sailor: First Annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day Drunken Sailor Sing-Along a Go Go video: Yarrr!! Get […]
