Simone de Beauvoir
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History of Literature #67 – Pascal’s Wager and an American Election
Jacke digs into his origins in rural Wisconsin and offers some thoughts on race, literature, and the recent election. Also featured: René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ayn Rand, and Simone de Beauvoir. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:23:39 — 57.7MB) | Embed Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Show Notes: We Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: A Jacke Wilson Gallery

Peace on earth, good will to all…and a photo gallery of great writers caught in the act of laughing. Happy holidays! Join us on the History of Literature podcast or at the Jacke Wilson blog for more literary delights. Get the History of Literature podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Options Try the latest History Continue reading
Alice Munro, anita desai, Flannery O’Connor, Gabriel García Márquez, garrett hongo, georges simenon, Henry Miller, j.r.r. tolkien, James Baldwin, Jean-Paul Sartre, john irving, joseph brodsky, kiran desai, kurt vonnegut, lorrie moore, margaret atwood, mary beard, norman mailer, pablo neruda, phillip roth, Ray Bradbury, Samuel Beckett, sandra cisneros, scott fitzgerald, seamus heaney, sherman alexie, Simone de Beauvoir, Stephen King, truman capote, w.e.b. dubois, Writers laughing, Zelda Fitzgerald, zora neale hurston -
Top Ten Writers Laughing: The Very Best!
Okay, we already looked at numbers 10 through 6. Let’s take a look at the top five from our very popular Writers Laughing series. Away we go! Number 5: Kurt Vonnegut and John Irving Number 4: Samuel Beckett Number 3: Flannery O’Connor Number 2: George Orwell (this was close – he was overtaken on the Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir
Love this. What are they laughing about? We don’t know. But there’s also this: Continue reading
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What They Knew #8
“If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.” –Simone de Beauvoir Continue reading
