Authors

When Hunter S. Thompson Ran For Sheriff

Aspen, Colorado had two widely read newspapers in 1968, the conservative Illustrated News…

Virginia Woolf’s Difficult Life

Virginia Woolf was born into a life of high society and privilege. Her father, Sir Leslie Stephen…

Why Did William Burroughs Shoot His Wife?

William Burroughs is known for three things. He was a junkie, he wrote Naked Lunch and…

Charles Bukowski’s Favorite Los Angeles Locations

Jack Kerouac’s Rules for Writing

In the winter of 1948, Jack Kerouac went on his famous cross-country road trip with Neal Cassady. They…

Aram Saroyan’s Writing Life

Aram Saroyan is a renowned poet, novelist, playwright and biographer. His father was legendary author William…

Hunter Thompson’s Gonzo Writing Journey

Hunter S. Thompson was born in 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after a relative…

Jack Kerouac’s Final Years

In 1967, poets Aram Saroyan and Ted Berrigan traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida for The Paris Review to…

All Modern Literature comes from Huckleberry Finn

Ernest Hemingway’s Accident Prone Journey

In 1954, Ernest Hemingway took his fourth wife Mary Welsh to Africa. He chartered a…