The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature: 

• Classics and cocktails?  Yes, please!  Classic literature and the cocktails they inspired over at Flavorwire
• Pie chart!  The most popular Kurt Vonnegut tomes over at PWxyz
• BookRiot rounds up the best literary TED talks.  Elizabeth Gilbert on creativity was simply delightful!
• Ezra Pound on literary criticism over at Brain Pickings.
• I want to read this book!  Alexandra Popoff discusses her new book  The Wives: The Women Behind Russia's Literary Giants over at Publishers Weekly.

The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature:

• Five Favorite Literature Themed Coffee Shops over at Quirk Books  (I am absolutely making it a priority to visit D'Espresso)
• The Origins of Sex: How the First Sexual Revolution Shaped Modern Society over at Brain Pickings
• Also at Brain Pickings, Sylvia Plath's Drawings
• Crime and Punishment as a Pie Chart over at PWxyz
• Ummmm, ewww!  Erotic retelling of Jane Eyre from Pan Macmillian called "Jane Eyre Laid Bare" over at The Bookseller (seriously?  when is this Fifty Shades/poorly written erotica/awful fan fiction trend going to be over???  What's next?  Pride, Prejudice, and Penetration?  Leave your best suggestions for titles of classics that could be on deck for a sensual retelling).

(image via Huff Post Books)

The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature:

• Das Kolumne: Show, Don't Tell over at Tin House
• Words About Words: 5 Essential Books on Language over at brain pickings
• "Fifty Shades" a Mother's Day Hit over at Publisher's Weekly (on a related note: EEEEEWWWWWW  Who in their right mind gives their mother BDSM erotica??????)
• Underground New York Public Library
• New Cover Alert: A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers over at Book Riot