September 14, 2012
SLIDESHOW: Writers in underpants
by Christopher King
On a recent afternoon, in the middle of some research for an upcoming book, I fell down a Google rabbit hole and landed on a Polish blog post with the delightful title (according to Google Translate) “Writers in underpants.” You might expect to find Ernest Hemingway or Truman Capote in such a gallery, but who knew there were shirtless photos of Franz Kafka? Or Melville House author Imre Kertész? What other surprises could be found out there?
It’s a hard job, but someone had to do it, so I conducted my own survey. Now, as we bid farewell to yet another all-too-short beach season, here’s our own look back at the best in bookish beefcake.
William Carlos Williams
Ernest Hemingway with Jean Patchett
William Faulkner
Eugene O’Neill
W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Christopher Isherwood
Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky
Carl Solomon
Ken Kesey and Neal Cassady
James Agee
Julio Cortázar
William S. Burroughs
Ezra Pound
Ray Bradbury
Jonathan Ames, on his own book cover
Christopher King is the Art Director of Melville House.
W.H. Auden’s “lost” journal recovered, 75 years later 
Ernest Hemingway’s Cuban archives finally available in the US 
Writing a novel? Don’t quit your day job. 
SLIDESHOW: Self portraits by famous authors 
One Comment
love this! and here’s virginia woolf in a rented bathing suit: http://www.themigrantbookclub.com/2012/07/virginia-woolf-in-rented-bathing-suit.html