Oct 10
Who knew that Flannery O’ Connor had such a talent with chickens? Or Virginia Woolf was such a prankster?
Publishers Weekly recently listed several authors famous for something else, in addition to their books.
Here’s a sampling:
Jul 19
Woolf paraphrased: James Joyce sucks.
Virginia Woolf had this to say about James Joyce: “[Ulysses is] the work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.”
Now that’s pretty funny and maybe a bit harsh, don’t ya think?
Authors have such egos. And when it comes to insulting their peers, their creativity shines.
FlavorWire recently listed the 30 harshest author insults in history. Here are a few of my favorites:
Apr 18
I haven’t hidden the fact that I wasn’t a fan of Mrs. Dalloway–which is currently last in my rankings of the books I’ve read to this point. Interestingly, though, I’ve noticed some similarities between Mrs. Dalloway and Infinite Jest.
Both David Foster Wallace and Virginia Woolf didn’t mind writing a sentence with hundreds of words. I believe a couple of sentences in Infinite Jest last more than a full page.
But the difference being, in my opinion, that David Foster Wallace’s long sentences actually make sense to my small brain.
Mar 21
Get your pitchforks ready. Find a stake you can set fire to. Get ready to riot and burn an effigy of me.
Because I’m about to be honest: I didn’t like Mrs. Dalloway. There, I said it. I’ve probably committed some kind of literary heresy by admitting this, but I’ve got to keep it real, as the kids say.
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