In 1969, Ebert was asked to write a "camp rock-and-roll horror exploitation musical." So he did.

WRITING
Some of our favorite historical figures were born in the month of December. We couldn't possibly name them all, but here are just a handful whose lives we'll be celebrating.
These well known duos lived out their relationships on the page.
Henry David Thoreau changed writing forever, and not just by hanging out by Walden Pond.
An American hasn’t won the world’s most prestigious writing prize since 1993.
The research on how cursive handwriting benefits educational development is spotty.
T.S. Eliot is best known for writing "The Waste Land," but the Nobel Prize winner was also a prankster who coined a perennially popular curse word and created the characters brought to life in the Broadway musical "Cats."
As one of the founding fathers of science fiction, Herbert George Wells certainly had a lot to say about the human race.
The long list includes bacon, peach cobbler, and possum.
The retreat is located on Pelee Island in Lake Erie, where Atwood is a longtime seasonal resident.
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
Happy birthday to poet Ogden Nash, known for his ability to turn a witty verse on everything from politics to celery.
Bob Dylan—the legendary artist formerly known as Robert Zimmerman—has spent the past 50-plus years trying to keep a low profile.
In 1858, the poet published a 13-column guide to manly health under a pseudonym.
Save your notes on your tablet or phone without taking a million pictures of your notebook.
If you’re struggling to fine tune your writing or reduce that cover letter to a single page, there’s a web app that can help.