Florence Welch is a remarkably literary artist whose passion carries through in her music. Her voice has a poetic rhythm to it, her song’s melodies are lyrical in and of themselves, and her words are stuffed with allusions to poetry, literature and mythology. But what may come as a surprise is her active roll in dishing out recommendations and spreading the word on important new works through The Florence + The Machine Book Club. What’s more, Welch built the club not on whatever she fancies reading or even around her music, but through a sustained relationship with her fans that has …
If this new trailer is to be believed, Patrick Ness’s touching YA fantasy A Monster Calls is next in line for the adaptation throne. For the uninitiated, A Monster Calls follows Conor, an English schoolboy grappling with the usual torments of adolescence: bullies, nightmares, and social isolation. One night, he awakes and wanders to a nearby graveyard, where he discovers a tree monster that insists on telling Conor tales about the complicated nature of humanity. As the monster’s stories become more and more disruptive of his life, Conor must face the true root of his anxieties: his mother, who is suffering from cancer. The trailer, …
Consider the screens set for the adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ thriller The Girl on the Train. We’ve seen peeks and glimpses in the past, but the newest trailer, released yesterday, brings us even further into the film’s world. Emily Blunt consummately portrays the book’s Rachel Watson, an alcoholic whose blackout tendencies and deteriorated relationship with her ex-husband cause her to sink to the bottom of a psychological mystery. Caught in the crosshairs of a missing-persons case, Rachel repeatedly questions her memories, others’ true motives, and her capacity for violence. The fiery new trailer has all the tropes you’ve seen – and maybe loved …
Since the dawn of time (or at least high school), we as a culture have been obsessed with who’s hot and who’s not. Time and time again, life – and as a result, books – have shown that fortune favors the cool, ironically detached badasses that make their own rules. Sure, as book people we traditionally fall on the wimpier side of the spectrum, but that only makes our fascination and idolatry for the rough-skinned rogues more intense. Walk a mile in the shoes of these badass literary figures and see which one you resemble the most! Featured image …
William S. Burroughs’s 1959 novel Naked Lunch is one of the most depraved books of fiction ever published. I’d prove it to you with a quote, but we don’t wish to scare you away so quickly, so you’ll have to take our word on this if you haven’t read it. The novel is so graphically boundary-pushing, it’s no wonder Burroughs is often called the literary godfather to punk music. It’s no surprise, then, that we have been gifted with Let Me Hang You, a new “psychedelic spoken word” album that sets an abridged reading of Naked Lunch to an experimental rock soundtrack. Burroughs recorded …
