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Unauthorized Anthony Bourdain Biography Publishes His Final Texts
“I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job,” Bourdain wrote to his ex-wife, Ottavia Busia-Bourdain. By Brady Langmann, Published: Sep 27, 2022 More than four years have passed since the death of Anthony Bourdain, who died by suicide in June 2018 while on location in France filming his CNN series,…
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On Maggie Bradbury, the woman who “changed literature forever.” ‹ Literary Hub
By Emily Temple, August 30, 2022, 9:40am Ray Bradbury met his first girlfriend—and his future wife—in a bookstore. But they didn’t lock eyes over the same just-selected novel, or bump into each other in a narrow aisle, sending books and feelings flying. It was a warm afternoon in April 1946, and 25-year-old Ray Bradbury—an up-and-coming pulp fiction…
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‘I just wanted my life to end’: the mystery of Agatha Christie’s disappearance | Biography books | The Guardian
In 1926 the world’s bestselling author vanished for 11 days. Did she really go into hiding to frame her husband for murder? Historian Lucy Worsley reopens a case still shrouded in mystery By Lucy Worsley, Sat 27 Aug 2022 04.00 EDT Agatha Christie was sitting quietly on a train when she overheard a stranger saying…
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Legendary Nevadans: Mark Twain – Nevada Magazine
Summer 2022 All Nevada is a stage, and cowpokes, artists, activists, and visionaries are the players in a drama centuries in the making. Whether born or raised, these special characters aren’t just Nevadans: they’re Legendary Nevadans. In 1861, Samuel Clemens was living his childhood dream as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi. The 25-year-old had…
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Explained: What is Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Based on? | Movieweb
Here’s a deep dive into the complexities of the father of the atomic bomb, Nolan’s subject in his upcoming film Oppenheimer. By Andrew Sidhom, Published 3 days ago, March 4, 2022 Christopher Nolan will finally make his biopic. The famous director had a stunted attempt to mount one two decades ago when he penned a…
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Biography: Arthur Conan doyle
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Doyles were a prosperous Irish-Catholic family. Charles Altamont Doyle, Arthur’s father, a chronic alcoholic, was a moderately successful artist, who apart from fathering a brilliant son, never accomplished anything of note. At the age of twenty-two, Charles had married Mary Foley,…
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‘Hemingway’ Review: Ken Burns’ Series Dives Into The Writer’s Complicated Life : NPR
Ken Burns’ three-part documentary about American writer Ernest Hemingway (shown above) premieres on PBS April 5. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images March 30, 20212:22 PM ET, Heard on Fresh Air A three-part PBS documentary probes deeply into Ernest Hemingway’s life and his writings. Among those featured are each of his four wives, who shed light on the…
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‘Lucky for him he could write’: Ken Burns takes on Ernest Hemingway
Too white, too male, too privileged – and according to some critics, that’s just one of the co-directors. A new PBS documentary on an American giant sails in stormy waters… “In some ways this is [our] most adult film,” Burns said. “I don’t mean that in any rating way. I mean that in how complicated…
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How Stephen King’s Wife Saved Carrie and Launched His Career | Mental Floss
How the master of horror got his first big break—and how his wife inspired him. Source: How Stephen King’s Wife Saved Carrie and Launched His Career | Mental Floss
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The fall of Ernest Hemingway | America Magazine
“Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald Reading a great biography is like watching a tragedy unfold. The promises of youth gradually give way to the limitations imposed by reality, and demise and denouement inevitably ensue. Source: The fall of Ernest Hemingway | America Magazine
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Discovered: Hemingway’s 99-Year-Old Letters to His High School Crush
New letters shed light on Hemingway’s unrequited love and early life, showing a seldom-seen side of the budding author in high school. Source: Discovered: Hemingway’s 99-Year-Old Letters to His High School Crush
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Reading Hemingway’s Personal Letters
There isn’t much that hasn’t been said about Ernest Miller Hemingway. He was, after all, a literary titan of the 20th century, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature; a man who, through his short stories and novels, captured the imagination of the world by pinning his vulnerable, damaged characters in extraordinary situations and…
