Aestheticist fiction, Candy, Classical & biblical literature, Cultural studies/new historicism, Euphoric, Fantastic, Profane, Smoky

(The photo is by Kyle Cassidy) What is up with Mr. Gaiman? The man has so many wonderful talents, it’s just not fair…I wish there were more authors that shared the inventive and intelligent style, wit, and fertile creative imagination that Neil has. His literary talents have allowed him to bec

Dark, Fantastic, Funny, Graphic novels, Mythic, Pioneering, Profane, Psychological

"The thing that puts you there, but puts you in a special space that you cannot get anywhere else but the page—that’s what I’m interested in. I know we’re not historians, but I love great history because you are just flabbergasted that it actually happened. " -Barry Hannah, 1996, in an inter

Profane, Rough, Spare

Jean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing. His major works include the novels Querelle of Brest, The Thief's Journal, and Our Lady of the Flowers,

Death, Excessive, Hallucinatory, Lyrical, Perverse, Profane, Queer, Rebel, Sensual, Tragic, Visceral