Blogs about: Vladimir Nabokov
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Handwritten Manuscript Pages From Classic Novels
These days, almost all works of literature are written on computers — from their first inklings, saved in a document called “notes,” to their final, emailed-out drafts — and ev… more →
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Hoping I don't get bored.
wrote 2 days ago: I’ve recently engaged in reading a lot of English books which I bought in The Netherlands and … more →
Love and other Demons - Great novels exploring the darker side of Love
wrote 5 days ago: Love can sometimes be a little brutal, here’s a rundown but by no means a comprehensive list o … more →
Top 10 Opening Lines
wrote 6 days ago: 10. ‘Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.’ Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov 9. ”Wha … more →
The American Novel Since 1945 with Amy Hungerford by Yale University
wrote 6 days ago: 1. Introductions by YaleCourses 60,972 views 50:30 2 2. Richard Wright, Black Boy by YaleCourses 34, … more →
I Write Like James Joyce, Apparently
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wrote 1 week ago: Several years ago, I posted part of a story I was writing about soul sailors and psychonauts into th … more →
Week's End Inspiration: Curious
wrote 1 week ago: Write a story! Paint a picture! Dream a little! Feels like we haven’t had a good inspirational … more →
The Abyss
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wrote 1 week ago: photo from the top of Mt. Baker by Josh Scholten The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense t … more →
Lolita.
wrote 1 week ago: Back in high school, a friend of mine started writing a ‘book’ on this website called mi … more →
What's Your QQ*? #319
wrote 1 week ago: *Quotation Quotient (Published May 5, 2013 in the Monterey County Herald.) 1. “The Roman gov … more →
Five Fairy Tale Books (That Aren't Based on Fairy Tales)
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wrote 1 week ago: Let me explain how this post came to be: I was thinking about my previous post on fairy tale movies … more →
Bruce Stone on Nabokov, Cossacks, God's Wrath, and Art as Aggravation
wrote 1 week ago: On March 19, the literary marketplace welcomed a new title by the young Vladimir Nabokov, who hasn’t … more →
Sunday Scoop
wrote 1 week ago: Welcome back to the Sunday Scoop!! I didn’t check in last week. I wasn’t finished with … more →
butterfly
wrote 1 week ago: i think the best kind of love isn’t a kind of falling, but a kind of reaching. not a plummeting into … more →
April and May Book Haul
wrote 1 week ago: So as I have said before I am a bit on the cheap side so I will rarely have book hauls. I have howev … more →
Essential Reading: May 2013
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wrote 2 weeks ago: May is here and, okay, I know I haven’t been active in blogging lately but I wouldn’t mi … more →
I Talk in a Daze, I Walk in a Maze
wrote 2 weeks ago: “Wanted, wanted: Dolores Haze.Hair: brown. Lips: scarlet.Age: five thousand three hundred days.Profe … more →
Fine Art Friday: The Author-slash-Artist (Part 1)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Long before the “model-slash-actress,” there was the “author-slash-artist.” … more →
In Good Company: Bloomers and Their Day Jobs
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wrote 2 weeks ago: by Juhi Singhal The myth of the disheveled, fully-absorbed artist appeals to the romantic in all of … more →
In Brutal Honesty: My Experience with 'Lolita'
wrote 2 weeks ago: As I express in many posts, I am a huge fan of the book, ‘Lolita’ by Nabokov, the all mighty man. Th … more →
