Celebrate Charles Bukowski’s Birthday With Iconic Black Sparrow Press Book...
John Martin published works by luminaries like Robert Duncan, Theodore Dreiser, Joyce Carol Oates, and D.H. Lawrence, but he will always be known as the founder of Black Sparrow Press. The publishing...
View Article14 Adorable Photos of Famous Authors Kissing (And Being Kissed)
Happy Valentine’s Day! Celebrate by getting yourself kissed today. Or, may we suggest finding a famous writer to smooch? In case you need a little inspiration (or just like to see writers making out),...
View Article50 Essential Cult Novels
Just what is a cult novel? Well, like so many literary terms, the edges blur whenever you try to look right at them, but in the end, you sort of know one when you read one. Sometimes a cult novel is...
View Article50 Best Films About Writers, Ranked
Hollywood is famous for its treatment of writers. They are the low man on the totem pole, the person banned from the set, the guy who wrote the Great American novel drinking himself to death in Los...
View Article10 Hangover Movies to Help You Through Your Post-Holiday-Weekend Nightmare
With the combination of the previous days’ inebriation and the sound of fireworks still ringing in everyone’s ears, countless Americans will have woken up on July 5th, 6th, etc. with a headache. What...
View Article25 Books That Will Make You Feel Better About Your Job
It’s August. It’s hot. You wish you could be on a beach, sipping a drink with an umbrella in it. You’re still at work. Work is the worst. No one has ever suffered more than you. Well, trust me: you’re...
View ArticleCobain, Bukowski, and Crowdfunding a Real Minas Tirith: Links You Need to See
An alternative theatrical version of the Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck has done the rounds in some theaters outside of its airing on HBO, and it notably includes an unreleased Cobain song...
View ArticleFlavorpill Guide to the Week’s Top 10 LA Events
Famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said, “Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” Of course, all this loose change makes for a great variety of cultural...
View Article10 Famous Writers on How to Drink
This week, we read a fascinating essay by famed journalist H.L. Mencken, also known as the Sage of Baltimore, entitled “How to Drink Like a Gentleman: The Things to Do and the Things Not To, as Learned...
View Article“Angles Are Attitudes”: Men’s Style Tips From Pop Culture’s Greatest Fashion...
Brooks Brothers has unveiled its new limited-edition men’s clothing line, created in collaboration with The Great Gatsby costume designer Catherine Martin. Gatsby isn’t the first pop culture project to...
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