Mark Twain on Writing: “Kill your adjectives”
Mark Twain, who read widely, was passionately interested in the problems of style; the mark of the strictest literary sensibility
Category: Literary Arts Series
James Thurber Cartoon: “I’m So Glad You’re a Writer…”
While doing research for the Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamps – Humorists Ogden Nash and James Thurber post, I wanted
Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamps – Humorists Ogden Nash and James Thurber
What is the connection between Ogden Nash and James Thurber? Besides both being humorists, they published at The New Yorker during the
Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamps – Flannery O’Connor and Ralph Ellison
Continuing on the Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamp week, today I will be featuring Flannery O’Connor and Ralph Ellison. The
Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamps – John Steinbeck and Dorothy Parker
Inspiration comes from many places. Today’s blog post inspiration came from the Richard Wright quote of last week, when I
Dara Rochlin Book Doctor 