Writers laughing
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Writers Laughing: Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
These two have haunted me for years. So beautiful. So doomed. Ah well, it’s good to see them laughing: And this – well, this is just fantastic: More blogging carnage tomorrow. Enjoy the writers laughing…until the twilight sets in… (How’s that for an onward and upward? Onward and upward…into the dying sun and the dark night of Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Leo Tolstoy
Okay, so it’s not the barbaric yawp of a Seamus Heaney, or the dazzling beauty of Zora Neale Hurston, or the transformative shot of Flannery O’Connor taking in the Amana Colonies. But this is Leo Tolstoy! Born in 1828! We’re lucky to have what we have. And it is mesmerizing. The laughter – you’ll need Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Ray Bradbury
Okay, we’ll start with the one I like the most. Ray Bradbury, sci-fi legend, just looking like a classic fifties dad. Full of warmth, full of mirth. Fast forward a couple of decades. The hair’s longer, the face a little older. But it’s still the same laugh. You get the sense he laughed like this Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Anita Desai and Kiran Desai
Has there been a more successful mother-daughter writing duo than the Desais? I can’t think of one! And here they are, laughing together! Look, this photo is just extraordinary. Quick quiz. Which of the following relationships is most likely to be fraught with tension? A. Father-daughter B. Mother-son C. Father-son D. Mother-daughter Second quiz. Which Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Pablo Neruda
Some big projects in the works, people. But in the meantime, let’s enjoy the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Laughing. As anyone would, if a bird should happen to land on your head: And this one. Handsome, gallant, brilliant poet…what a great man. And of course, he’s one of the patron saints of the writers Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Georges Simenon
Simenon! The creator of Maigret! (How I love those little books.) And…perhaps the most dedicated pipe-smoker of all time. Here’s the problem with pipe smoking for the Writers Laughing series. There are millions of pictures of Simenon posing for the camera thoughtfully with his pipe. And even when the pose is natural, it tends to be Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Stephen King
Stephen King! We’ve praised his book on writing and pointed out that he’s probably a great guy. We’ve written a story or two he’d probably like. And now it’s time to take a look at what he looks like laughing. Pretty good! He seems like he’d be such a good neighbor…. …as long as you didn’t Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: W.E.B. DuBois
Happy Labor Day! This one’s a bit of a head-scratcher. But I’ll take a writer laughing no matter the circumstances. Maybe “historical curiosities” needs to be another subcategory. I guess Mao counts as a writer, too – I was once on cruise ship that had a library with Marx, Engels, volumes of Mao’s poetry, and no Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Sandra Cisneros
I know, I know. I hear you! Where’s the content, Jacke? Give us some thoughts about studying abroad. Or your argument for a new translation of Dante. Or tell us all about your dream bookstore. Remember when you pitted two classic novellas against one another in a literary death match? Those were heady days! Or what about Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Carson McCullers
Not all cafes are sad, apparently! Continue reading
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