(via The Times Literary Supplement | TLS)

The Fitzgeralds in Hollywood

(via The Fitzgeralds in Hollywood | TLS)

Edith Wharton’s Houses

(via Edith Wharton : The New Yorker)

maloriebrooke:

I just loved this. We must care for the things we cherish. :)

Of course, all literary characters are inventions, even if they are based on real people. But we don’t really like to be reminded of this fact. We have to forget it to be able to enjoy reading at all. (Peter Stamm, Swiss Author)

(via Interview with Peter Stamm about his New Yorker Story “Sweet Dreams” : The New Yorker)

Who Is the Author of Toni Morrison?

(via Why Toni Morrison Deserves Her Place in the Literary Pantheon — New York Magazine)

Myths and Depths: Greil Marcus talks to Simon Reynolds (via Los Angeles Review of Books - Myths And Depths: Greil Marcus Talks To Simon Reynolds (Part 1))

7 Essential Books on Optimism

(via 7 Essential Books on Optimism | Brain Pickings)

teachingliteracy:

(by alice b. gardens)