Over 91K readers have voted on the 500+ Best Writers of All Time. Current Top 3: Fyodor Dostoevsky, William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy
Over 91K readers have voted on the 500+ Best Writers of All Time. Current Top 3: Fyodor Dostoevsky, William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842) Completely self-taught, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun became an artist despite major obstacles (as with any woman in late 18th-century Paris) and was active during some of the most turbulent times in European history. With the interven...
In its arrangement, the syntax predicts Beckett’s change to French in 1945 and 1946. It is a book that shows him reformulating who he is as a writer and finding his voice. That, for me, is why it’s such a fascinating book. At the same time, it’s just one of the funniest ...
Writers discussed life on and off ‘the rez’, and grappled with the intertwinement of Indigenous identity, class, gender and sexuality. 20. Natalie Diaz Buy on Amazon Add to library In her poem ‘The First Water Is the Body,’ Natalie Diaz writes: Let me tell you a story about ...
Matthieu Tachon has been promoting the traditional art form of Tai Chi in his French community for a long time. An orthopaedist by day, Matthieu started his practice in the late fall of 2015 right after his first visit to the birth place of Tai Chi in Chenjiagou, China. World record ...
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I'm delighted to announce that today we introduce a new weekly series, "Ready to Serve: Writers and Artists in the Resto Biz." We got the ideaafter readingthat Stephanie Danler had landed a two-book six-figure deal with Knopf while waiting tables in a popular West Village restaurant. One...
It’s about more than the fate of a particular person—it’s a judgment on these four years of French history. It was newly liberated France’s first opportunity to look back on what it had done and how it had come to this. It’s a terrible account of moral ambivalence, and what ...
Jules Verne is one of the mostprolific French adventure writers, and you can listen to this classic onLittérature audiofor free. The story follows Phileas Fogg, a wealthy British man who wages half of his fortune on a bet that he can circumnavigate the Earth in 80 days. His journey take...