From characters in “Orange is the New Black” to “Transparent,” transgender people are finally being represented in pop culture. This growth in the community isn’t limited to television, as there are some very influential transgender authors and characters in literature. 1. Jan Morris Image courtesy of Polirom “Letters from Hav” by Jan Morris hits close to home. The book details a fictional memoir about being in the country Hav, which is on the brink of war. In 2005 she won the Golden PEN award for “a Lifetime’s Distinguished Service to Literature.” 2. Leslie Feinberg Image courtesy of Beacon Broadside …
There is something very fishy about these librarians. On a Saturday morning, drag queens Ida Kay, Blair St. Clair, and Halle Pino are reading the rainbow to a room full of children some stories. The event “Drag Queen Storytime” is hosted at Indianapolis Central Library. It has been newly added to their calendar since its start in June and has been a huge success. The most recent one held July 22nd was an encore of the first. These queens weren’t the only ones playing dress-up. Indianapolis Central Library’s event “encouraged to dress up as their favorite superhero and listen …
Trump’s presidency was able to take the novel “1984,” over 60 years old, and make it a best seller again. The novel by George Orwell is still in the top 100 of the year, sitting comfortably at number 20 on Barnes & Nobles top 100 list, however not all books have been so lucky. “I was sort of jokingly told that any books that weren’t political, dystopian, or both, weren’t really selling,” said author Alan Massey to New Republic, whose highly praised book hasn’t been selling like it should. It isn’t that artists aren’t producing. Even though Trump …
Thomas Edison was inspired by Thomas Jefferson. Einstein was inspired by Isaac Newton. Everyone in this world has an influence, including the greatest scientist. It is the same for the greatest writers. They have influenced you, but who influenced them? Here are authors and some of their favorite books and authors. Image courtesy of IMDB Vladimir Nabokov, the affluent Russian-American novelist, is famous for the dark and controversial story ‘Lolita.’ In an interview with The Paris Review, he says his childhood was full of Wells’s work. “‘H. G. Wells, a great artist, was my favorite writer when I was a …
Thomas Edison was inspired by Thomas Jefferson. Einstein was inspired by Isaac Newton. Everyone in this world has an influence, including the greatest scientist. It is the same for the greatest writers. They have influenced you, but who influenced them? Here are authors and some of their favorite books and authors. Image courtesy of IMDB Vladimir Nabokov, the affluent Russian-American novelist, is famous for the dark and controversial story ‘Lolita.’ In an interview with The Paris Review, he says his childhood was full of Wells’s work. “‘H. G. Wells, a great artist, was my favorite writer when I was a …
