Literary Critic Mugs

Dickens' First Encounter with a Martini

Tolstoy and Dostoevsky plan a collaboration - 'War and Punishment'... it'll make us a bundle.

Tiny Tim, who did not die, grows up to marry Little Nell, who did not die, either.

Sherlock Holmes with a magnifying glass.

Publisher to writer: 'It was a great read, except I collided with run-on sentences, tripped over broken English and got knocked about by a dangling participle.'

Why we need poetry. . .

"I thought it had a pretty good story and interesting characters, but I really didn't like the font."

"The narrative seems contrived."

'Oh no! Is this a blogger I saw before me?'

'Well, it was just a first draft.'

He Didn't Know How To Appreciate Nature

"Read the book!""See the movie!"

"You call this literature?"

Danger! mines. "I thought your deconstruction of the message was both subtle and profound.

Field of Dreams. Catcher in the Rye.

Book surgery.

'A positive review of the book and a negative review of the presentation.'

'To be honest, that's all most people read.'

Meanwhile at the Cafe de la Mort...

Samuel Johnson

"I like his earlier work better, particularly the ones I said I didn't like at the time."

Beware of Doggerel

'Your poetry totally captures the raw, primitive essence of the writing workshops you've attended.'

'He's into Proust as only a child can be.'

Elevator choices: Up, Down, Different Narrative.

Science vs. Literature, an Eternal Battle.

Writing A Literary Classic.

Leo Tolstoy

Herman Melville

Marcel Proust

Two More Poems from Ted Hughes

"I'm sorry, Dave, but our marriage has lost its narrative flow."

'Oddly enough you're the third person to buy that today!'

George Orwell

John Steinbeck