Before Hemingway settled for a life as a writer, his tryst with other professions is what shaped him as the wordsmith that he is.
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‘Toward an Impure Poetry’ by Pablo Neruda
While one school says poetry should be for the elites, or it should be “pure”, the other school, that Pablo Neruda believed in, felt poetry should be “impure” or depicting the blunt realities of life.
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Kafka on Screen: 5 Must-Watch Films Inspired by the Stories of Franz Kafka
Five outstanding adaptations of Franz Kafka’s works one must watch
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6 Themes of George Orwell’s ‘1984’ that We Need to be Mindful of
George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’, is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century
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5 Must Read George Orwell Books
George Orwell, a man of strong opinions, is known for commenting on some of the major political movements of his time.
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A Lesser-Known Poem by Vikram Seth that You Must Know Of
Here is a lesser-known poem from Vikram Seth’s collection of poems, ‘All You Who Sleep Tonight’.
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5 Great Quotes from Salman Rushdie’s Books that will Tug at Your Heart
Salman Rushdie remarked once, “We are the only creature on earth that does this unusual thing of telling itself stories in order to try and understand what kind of creature it is.”
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6 Times Erich Segal Made Us Fall In Love With His Words
On Erich Segal’s birthday, here are six times he taught us about love, life and everything in between.
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5 Lesser-Known Books by Ruskin Bond that You Must Read
Some lesser known great writings by the eminent literary icon.
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7 William Wordsworth Quotes that will Brighten Your Weekend
With Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he published Lyrical Ballads in 1798 and launched the Romantic Age in English literature.
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