If you’re daring and ready for fun, a drinking game may be a good activity. If you’re all that AND a book-lover, then nothing could be better than gargling a cold one every time your favorite writers do their signature thing. Just don’t go overboard. Have a small sip of beer every time… An Ernest Hemingway sentence is more than six words. Image courtesy of Giphy Gulp down half a cup of wine if… Kurt Vonnegut writes “so it goes” in Slaughterhouse-Five. Image courtesy of BuzzFeed Imbibe a toast of whiskey as… …
After a distinguished career as a legal scholar, Supreme Court justice, and internet meme sensation, Ruth Bader Ginsberg is moving on to the next inevitable marker of her unbeatable celebrity star power: a workout book. Image courtesy of AOL The 83-year-old liberal icon first started working out with a personal trainer in 1999 as a way of regaining strength after surviving colon cancer; she now works out twice a week with D.C. court staffer and trainer Bryant Johnson. She toughs out an exercise regimen that includes bench press, leg curls, squats, push-ups, planks, and medicine ball throws. Image …
A determined writer can get published at any age, from 6 to 66. These 7 precocious authors earned book deals—and some rave reviews—before their 15th birthdays. Mattie J.T. Stepanek Image courtesy of the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Foundation Born with a rare and fatal type of muscular dystrophy, Matthew “Mattie” Stepanek began writing poetry at age 3 to cope with the death of his older brother from the same illness. Stepanek called his poems Heartsongs, and at age 11 saw his first volume published. That work, along with six subsequent volumes, would all appear on the New …
You probably knew that Game of Thrones was based on a book series, but it turns out quite a few acclaimed TV shows are adaptations of literary works as well. Here are eight great TV series whose fame eclipsed that of their readable source material. Big Little Lies This hit series, which follows an ensemble of California parents-turned murder suspects, was adapted from the 2014 novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty. Though there are several notable differences, the most striking is the location change—the novel takes place in Australia, not Monterey Bay, California. …
It’s said that all great works take time. However, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’s problem-plagued production has certainly pushed that envelope passed the point where most would give it a rest. Image courtesy of the Film Stage The film, directed by unorthodox fantasy auteur Terry Gilliam (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), began shooting in 2000 after nearly 11 years in planning, but quickly ran into obstacles so devastating and elaborate that they warranted a full-length documentary. As the 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha documents, the production faced nearly every malady imaginable, from a noisy …
