"Outside. Outside of society. That's where I want to be. If you're looking, that's where you'll find me." This is what Patti Smith sang back in 1978. Where is she in 2015? With all the fame and recognition. With thirteen original albums released, her poetry regularly reprinted, her paintings and pho...
Thomas Pynchon was born on May 8, 1937 in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. He started his writing career in his high school days, published his early stories in a series of magazines, came to fame in 1963 with his first novel, V., and has since been consistently praised as one of the major American...
Depuis le vol de la lettre par l'esclave qui accédait à l'écriture au péril de sa vie, le parcours de la lettre noire se fait en référence à la liberté et à l'illettrisme. Écrire est une conquête, un signe d'humanité, un miroir tendu au maître. L'oralité originaire du parler noir et le topos du « l...
From hard scrabble origins on the Plains of North Dakota, to longshoremen organizing on Manhattan's West Side docks, to living the life of a Bohemian poet in Los Angeles and beyond, Thomas McGrath's literary aspirations took him far from his humble beginnings.For over six decades, McGrath created p...