As bibliophiles can attest, we are all intrigued by the private lives of our favorite authors, often wondering about the ways that they worked creatively, and especially where they chose to write. For many, the choice was obvious, their office or bedroom – a personal …
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Says, “Read This!”
F. Scott Fitzgerald was very ill in 1936 and was recovering at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina with the help of a private nurse. In addition to his failing health, the author was struggling with the decision to …
“Eight Million Stories”: Humans of New York Project
“There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.” – From The Naked City In 2010, Brandon Stanton lost his job as a trader in Chicago. Despite his mother’s objections, Stanton moved to New …
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Ten Cocktails for You, From Literature
If you’ve ever hosted or been to a book club meeting, you know that you will discuss the book in question for approximately ten to fifteen minutes before the conversation turns to sex. Why not at least attempt to keep …
New Fiction by… F. Scott Fitzgerald?
We already know that most, if not all, of the world’s most celebrated writers had their fair share of rejection before shooting to literary fame. It comes as no surprise, then, that F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer of The Great Gatsby, …
