Writers laughing

December 2, 2015

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

Arts, Authors, books, Fiction, history of literature, novelists, Writing

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
October 29, 2014

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

Authors, Fiction, Writing

George Orwell, Jean-Paul Sartre, john irving, kurt vonnegut, Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, Writers laughing
October 26, 2014

Writers Laughing: The Top Ten!

What can I say about the Writers Laughing series? It’s hugely popular and it’s not hard to see why. We all love books, we all love authors, we all love seeing them in their unguarded moments. And laughter is a beautiful thing. I suppose I’ve posted about 30 or so of these. Time for a top ten! Continue reading

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Alice Munro, carson mccullers, Gertrude Stein, lorrie moore, scott and zelda fitzgerald, seamus heaney, top ten, Writers laughing, zora neale hurston
October 14, 2014

Writers Laughing: Garrett Hongo

A grainy photograph but the personality comes through nevertheless. Happy Tuesday, everyone! Continue reading

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garrett hongo, Literature, memoir, Personality, photograph, Poetry, Writers laughing
October 6, 2014

Writers Laughing: Gertrude Stein

Stein was stern. Photo after photo, the same expression. Dour. Fierce. Almost combative. But that’s not good enough for us, is it? We like laughing writers! And… here we go! Yes! Of course! The little dog on her lap (or maybe it’s the one up by her head)? One of them is making her Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Writing

A Movable Feast, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein with a baby, Gertrude Stein With a Dog, Jack Hemingway, Literature, Paris, The 1920s, Writers laughing
October 2, 2014

Writers Laughing: George Orwell

Okay, the degree of difficulty is off the charts for this one. This is a man who agonized over politics and the English language. Who loved England and democracy but spent his life fighting against oppression and tyranny and the dangers of lazy thinking. Laughing? George Orwell was shot in the throat while fighting in the Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Writing

English language, George Orwell, george orwell with his son, life, parenting, Politics, spanish civil war, tying shoes, Writers laughing
September 29, 2014

Writers Laughing: Norman Mailer and Truman Capote

Another curious one. Knowing these two, my guess is that they despised each other 99.99 percent of the time. But in that other .01 percent … …big laughs for everyone! Image credit: Popaganda.gr Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Writing

norman mailer, odd literary couples, truman capote, Writers laughing
September 27, 2014

Writers Laughing: Sherman Alexie

So excellent… Image Credit: Rob Casey via Blue Mesa Review Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Writing

sherman alexie, Writers laughing
September 24, 2014

Writers Laughing: Lorrie Moore

Lorrie Moore laughing? I doubt it! She makes other people laugh, with her caustic observations and acid puns. I doubt you’d ever see much more from her than a bitter half-smile, a knowing eyebrow lift, maybe an amused and slightly sinister glint in her eyes… Oh no. Oh no no no no no. What are you Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Writing

Humor, lorrie moore, novelist, Personality, Short Stories, wit, Writers laughing
September 22, 2014

Writers Laughing: Henry Miller

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Authors, Fiction, Publishing, The History of Jacke, Writing

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