Specificity: The Secret Brilliance of Hunter S. Thompson
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s protagonist, Nick Carraway, describes Jay Gatsby as...
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The Great Writing Caper
William S. Burroughs often suggested that one’s dreams are a valuable target for the writer...
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From Fitzgerald’s Green Light to Thompson’s Wave
Hunter S. Thompson is one of those literary figures who, like the Beat Generation writers, divides...
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Burroughs on Filming The Great Gatsby
John Tytell: They are making a movie of The Great Gatsby. William S. Burroughs: I’m sure it...
Read MoreJack Kerouac & Hunter S. Thompson
by David S. Wills Hunter never really liked Jack Kerouac’s On the Road — he thought the writing was kind of sloppy and romantic and oversentimental but he told me he thought Kerouac was a genius for two things: discovering...
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