Sunday, March 24, 2013

20 Awesome Examples Of Literary Graffiti...

 William Carlos Williams, "Red Wheelbarrow"

 

20 Awesome Examples Of Literary Graffiti






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





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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.”

 

 

 

 




1 comment:

Geoffrey A. Landis said...

Makes me want to go out and tag the city!

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The poet doesn't invent. He listens. ~Jean Cocteau