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Pet relationships as comfort -- cultivating creativity and, in the case of Sendak, replacing people
“Raymond Chandler y su gato, Taki. Siempre se refería a él como su secretario”
Una selección de 21 retratos de escritores célebres con sus gatitos, su carácter individualista lo hace el animal perfecto para convivir con un escritor
I mentioned a writing pet peeve in a recent book review, and some were curious about it. I have more than one. :) So I thought I’d share them and see if others thought the same as I do. Let m…
Calling all animal loving bibliophiles, here are the cutest animals reading books.
Cats – with all their mysteriousness and adorableness and softness – have served as muses for some of the most brilliant writers in the world for centuries. Some notable examples, amazing pictures, and charming quotes from 30 of the best kitty/writer combo deals.
Terry Pratchett, Hilary Mantel, Charlaine Harris and more famous writers share their thoughts on writer's block.
Somerset Maugham was well-placed to come up with his wonderful description of the French Riviera - 'a sunny place for shady people'.
Cats – with all their mysteriousness and adorableness and softness – have served as muses for some of the most brilliant writers in the world for centuries. Some notable examples, amazing pictures, and charming quotes from 30 of the best kitty/writer combo deals.
Pet relationships as comfort -- cultivating creativity and, in the case of Sendak, replacing people
“The trouble with fiction… is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.” – Aldous Huxley from The Doors of Perception “For a country to have a great wri…
The legendary creator of Mog and the author of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit shares the real life stories behind her books and paintings in this interview
Writers and cats have always shared a special bond. We’ve put together a post on the relationship between famous writers and their cats.
Why do writers love cats?
What do Charles Bukowski, Joyce Carol Oates, and Edgar Allan Poe have in common? They love cats. Writers and cats go together like salt and pepper, and here are 16 of our favorite pairs.
Recency bias is a thing. Here I was, unassumingly thinking that cats became a popular photography subject just recently, and came along with the dawn of the internet. But boy was I wrong. Turns out, they were a photographer-favorite ever since the camera was invented. But, just as much as it is nowadays, the ever-constant never-ending deluge of cat photos doesn't give us enough time to appreciate them, and they're in danger of being forever gone from our collective memory. But some people are determined to not let a good cat photo get forgotten, and collect vintage cat photos which are still relevant to this day.
Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the novel by Margaret Mitchell. Gone With the Wind was published in June 1936. Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her sweeping novel the following May. It was made into an equally famous motion picture starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. The movie had its world premiere at the Loew’s Grand Theater in Atlanta December 15, 1939. Check out this little video about Margaret Mitchell. Of course, Gone with the Wind is part of the Media Services Home Use Collection. Check it out this month! Gone with the Wind - HU DVD 9
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Absolutely love this collection of photos of authors with their cats. Okay, the blog is actually called Writers And Kitties, but I have an aversion to the word "kitties" in much the same way I have an aversion to the word "herbs" being prounced "erbs", so I have changed it for my own convenience. This is Patricia Highsmith. I like her books, and once wrote piece about her for The Guardian. My guess is that, if she ever used an online dating site, she probably took the advice of friends, and left this pic out of her profile: This is Don DeLillo. I like some of his books, except not quite as many of them as I did when I was 22, and more pretentious: More here....
