Good news for those who like their realism like they like their evenings (magical): today is the ninetieth anniversary of the birth of Gabriel García Márquez, the beloved Colombian novelist… Read more »

Though Gabriel García Márquez once said that writers should destroy all their drafts, so that, like magicians, they wouldn’t give away how the trick was done, it turns out that… Read more »

Last week saw the highly-anticipated release of the film The Counselor, and since the film hit theaters on October 25th the reviews have been pouring in. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning… Read more »

“It’s going to be damaging to creative people everywhere,” said Lee Caplin, overseer of the Faulkner literary estate.  Was he referring to the activities of Amazon? Or the Penguin Random House merger?… Read more »

Fans of William Faulkner, Nobel laureate and one of the great voices in the history of American literature proved themselves shockingly sane this week. In a Tuesday auction hyped by… Read more »

In his new book Daily Rituals, Mason Currey examines the creative processes that have kept writers, composers, and artists going throughout history. One secret to success? Keep your day job. As… Read more »

The University of Virginia library’s archive is an absolute treasure trove of audio clips of 20th century authors reading and discussing both their own work and that of others. A… Read more »

Faithful readers of MobyLives may recall last year’s sultry slideshow of writers in their underpants, including figures like Allen Ginsberg, Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, William Carlos Williams, and William Faulkner.… Read more »

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… 1 / Read more »

Wordsmiths, obviously, should know how to sting other writers. But some have proven especially good at it. Herewith, the ten historic barbs we think the most notable and the story… 1 / Read more »