- This is Why We Love Southern Literature The concept of “the self” has been something that has plagued Americans since our revolution in 1776. Born in rebellion, we have been a nation that has praised our own dominance, bowed down to no one, and yet we continuously struggle with an insecure concept of the true American Self. We live in a nation […]
- Mario Vargas Llosa Talks Trash About Sartre, Calls Faulkner “The Man” On Monday night, Team Literary Man was generously invited to sit and listen to the great Mario Vargas Llosa hold court at the Americas Society and dish deep on the World Republic of Letters. What a treat, dear readers, to sit in an elegant, chandeliered oak-walled library and listen to Edith Grossman, Mario’s translator, ask […]
- Hemingway and Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers It’s Thirsty Thursday, and as all writers tend to do, by 11:30am we’re already starting to think about a drink. We all have our favorites. The Literary Man prefers his martini very dry, stirred, and up, with Tanqueray gin and a touch of vermouth. The Epic Poet likes his Italian Reds, preferably going straight from bottle #1 […]
- How do you know if your book is finished? It has been a busy summer for the Literary Man, but in spite of his penchant for literary trivia and other such fare, he has finally managed to crank out a readable draft of his novel. It feels finished (which is to say, it makes a pretty good doorstop); it looks finished (meaning, there are […]
