20 Awesome Examples Of Literary Graffiti...

 

 

20 Awesome Examples Of Literary Graffiti

Thank you, graffiti artists, for making our streets a little bit smarter. How many of these literary references do you recognize? 

Chinua Achebe, the internationally acclaimed Nigerian writer, has died in America, aged 82

 

 “We live in a society that is in transition from oral to written. There are oral stories that are still there, not exactly in their full magnificence, but still strong in their differentness from written stories. Each mode has its ways and methods and rules. They can reinforce each other; this is the advantage my generation has—we can bring to the written story something of that energy of the story told by word of mouth. This is really one of the contributions our literature has made to contemporary literature.” —Chinua Achebe, the Art of Fiction No. 139

Chinua Achebe and the great African novel.

 

Chinua Achebe: A life in writing

'Nigeria is once again on the brink of a precipice. We have to face up to our responsibilities before it is too late'

 

The Literary Tattoos of Team Book Riot

 

 Rap Genius, a site dedicated to the interpretation of hip-hop lyrics, explicates T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.”

 

 

 

Thoughts from sign painters on their disappearing profession.