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Let’s Be Clear: Norman Mailer’s Wife-Stabbing Was Not Art
It was really just one small moment in an entire life: in 1960, Norman Mailer had a drunken, stoned argument with his then-wife Adele Morales at a party, and he stabbed her. The knife in question was a...
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20 Photos of Famous Authors in Awesome Costumes
Halloween is fast approaching, and if you’re the writerly (read: introverted, inside-cat) type, you may be experiencing some anxiety about dressing up in a costume and walking the streets. But take...
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Norman Mailer’s Very Strange Directing Career
First and foremost, Norman Mailer was a writer. Sometimes he was dead-on brilliant, other times his writing felt like a masturbatory exercise in male egotism, a tendency that has ended up hurting his...
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5 Essential Tips on Hosting a Successful Literary Holiday Party
As the holiday party season kicks up, people will be on the hunt for themes. One we’d like to suggest, a perennial Flavorwire favorite, is the Literary Cocktail Party. Everybody likes the Literary...
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Pablo Picasso Never Got Called an Asshole, But Norman Mailer Sure Did
Novelist, essayist, journalist, filmmaker, Pulitzer Prize winner, mayoral candidate, wife stabber: Norman Mailer crammed a lot into his lifetime. With all of those titles, it’s a little understandable...
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A Nonfiction Tour of America: 50 Books for 50 States
Whether you’re staying at home this summer or traveling around to different parts of America, the easiest way to discover what makes this country tick, in ways both maddening and beautiful, is to read...
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25 Authors Who Wrote Great Books Before They Turned 25
Picture it: teenage Mary Shelley was on a vacation getaway, with her husband Percy and some of his rambunctious poet friends, like that rogue Lord Byron… and out of the group of legends, it’s Shelley...
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The Best Highbrow Cameos to Catch When ‘Gilmore Girls’ Streams on Netflix
Gilmore Girls is a show about a mother and a daughter, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, who are more like two pop culture-besotted best friends in the small New England town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut — a...
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50 of the Greatest Literary Moments on TV
It’s probably safe to say that media tends to refer to itself, in one way or another — and referring to literature, as opposed to other forms of pop culture, is one way to make just about anything a...
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25 Photos of Famous Authors in Uniform
What is it about a uniform? They can be practical, decorative, honorific, or just something you found lying around — but they always make the wearer look a little bit better. Especially if that wearer...
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