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If you like your detectives hardboiled and your femmes fatale, you’ll dig Flavorwire’s list of ten essential neo-noir authors.
From Dennis Lehane (author of Shutter Island and Mystic River) to Lindsay Hunter (the heir apparent to Mary Gaitskill’s throne), these writers incorporate elements of mystery and horror without letting the strictures of genre limit them.
...moreThe disparity of women writers in the publishing world has been an increasingly hot topic of late.
Flavorwire has compiled a list entitled “10 Women Who Should be Writing for ‘Harper’s,” and we’re excited that three of the women are our own essays editor Roxane Gay, Dear Sugar’s Cheryl Strayed, and Funny Women editor Elissa Bassist!
...more...moreWe reached out to several of the worst offenders to ask where they thought they had gone wrong…but got very little in the way of responses. So we decided, instead, to reach out to the editors of the publications that actually had managed to show a relatively gender-equitable byline distribution in 2012.
Imagine if the authors who created these syllabi for their courses were all teaching at the same school at the same time.
“Who’d you get for English?”
“David Foster Wallace. I hear he’s a hard grader. How about you?”
“Donald Barthelme.
...moreWhether you prefer the strategic maneuvers of Animal Farm or the holiday cheer of A Christmas Carol, Flavorwire has the literary board game for you.
After all, nothing screams “family fun” like sitting down to reenact The Shining.
...moreFlavorwire has a collection of photos of authors frolicking in frozen weather.
Neil Gaiman’s dog has a weird leash, while Hemingway looks just jaunty as hell.
...moreIn honor of the release of Ben Marcus’s The Flame Alphabet, in which “language becomes lethal,” Flavorwire reminds us of the ten “most frightening fictional diseases.” The guide breaks down each disease and how to protect yourself.
(Via Largeheartedboy)
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