Alison Bechdel's Top 10 Books
In 1983, cartoonist Alison Bechdel started self-syndicating Dykes To Watch Out For, a comic strip that offered one of the…
In 1983, cartoonist Alison Bechdel started self-syndicating Dykes To Watch Out For, a comic strip that offered one of the…
As one of the most acclaimed writers of our time, George Saunders has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, and had…
When Ralph Steadman met Hunter S. Thompson in 1969, it was the start of a decades-long artistic partnership. Together, the…
In addition to playing a litany of literature-inspired roles over a truly eclectic movie career, American actor and musician Johnny…
As lead singer and lyricist for iconic alt-rock band R.E.M., Michael Stipe brought a distinctly emotive tenor, poetic lyricism, and…
For one of grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain‘s final interviews before his tragic death by suicide in 1994, he was…
“Nietzsche killed Jim Morrison,” John Densmore, drummer of the Doors, wrote in his 1990 autobiography Riders on the Storm. Before…
The son of two schoolteachers, junkyard poet and piano man Tom Waits has been a voracious reader all his life. In the 2009 biography Lowside…
In her acceptance speech for the National Book Award for 2010’s Just Kids, punk poet Patti Smith had a special message for publishers:…
As a young lad in Liverpool, musician and peace activist John Lennon often struggled to connect with his peers and would…