Virginia Woolf Calls D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce 'Overrated' in Newly Unearthed 1923 Survey
One writer who took the survey called T.S. Eliot the worst living English poet and worst living literary critic. Ouch.
One writer who took the survey called T.S. Eliot the worst living English poet and worst living literary critic. Ouch.
Theodor Seuss Geisel—who you probably know better by his pen name, Doctor Seuss—came into the world on March 2, 1904. In the more than 100 years since, he has changed it for the better for readers all over the planet.
Jeremy Shellhorn got the idea to turn the lettering into a font as the designer-in-residence for Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go,” is just one of Langston Hughes's most memorable quotes.
You could be 350 words away from owning the home of your dreams.
Even handwriting scholars can't read all scripts.
For decades, linguists have been able to use the quirks of written texts to pinpoint the author. The process, called stylometric analysis or stylometry, has dozens of legal and academic applications.
You can quote 'The Raven.' But how well do you know Edgar Allan Poe's quirky sense of humor and code-cracking abilities?
Writers often turn to a thesaurus to diversify their vocabulary and add nuance to their prose. But looking up synonyms and antonyms in a thesaurus can help anyone—writer or not—find the most vivid, incisive words to communicate thoughts and ideas.
And he helped local writers at the same time.
What a difference a reshoot makes.
Following this tip may be the easiest way to improve your writing.
There are various interpretations of the relationship at the center of the Shel Silverstein classic—not all of them positive.
The author is talking about the books, which may or may not end the same way as the HBO series.
“Leia follows me like a vague smell.”
Think a post-job interview thank you note has gone the way of calling cards and phone books? Think again.
They write for the parents, too.
Recent handwriting trends have taken a turn.
The next book in the 'A Song of Fire and Ice' series has been a tough one for the author.
The Nobel Prize-winning poet, who escaped the Holocaust, is the subject of today's Google Doodle.
"I seemed to have him kidnapped and killed for no good reason."
Hester Pulter broke convention—and the expectations of her gender and class—by writing about science and politics.
The 'A Wrinkle in Time' author, who would have turned 100 years old today, saw her most famous work get rejected 26 times.
A series of dime store turtles eventually led him to The Iron Throne.