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Comment on Top 20 Coolest Author Beards Through The Ages by Admin

Admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:08:27 +0000

Wow. Totally right. But he’s a poet, not an author (we have to distinguish between these for exactitude’s sake. Literary people are odd about language and definitions. Fools.) We’ll totally do another list of awesome excess hair and include poets and pundits and it will be broader than sci-fi writers. Fo sho! Thanks for the pic.

Comment on Top 20 Coolest Author Beards Through The Ages by Tim Footman

Tim Footman — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:21:15 +0000

But what of the magnificent, unclassifiable hair-ruff sported by poet and critic William Empson?

http://www.ianhamilton.org/images/Review/06-07.jpg

Comment on Top 20 Coolest Author Beards Through The Ages by The Dialectical Playa

The Dialectical Playa — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:55:09 +0000

“The beard bearer,” I love that! It has such an association with Old English: Grim sword work, fierce spear-Danes, and now…The Bear Bearer. One of the things that attracted me to Eastern Orthodoxy (no religious talk here, I promise) was the epic Tolstoys. My usual sarcasm aside, I never thought of beards as being imbued with an aura of mysticism, but on reflection, you’re absolutely correct.

Comment on Top 20 Coolest Author Beards Through The Ages by Meg

Meg — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:15:39 +0000

As a fully fledged beard connoisseur (read: hot for beards), I have to agree that beards hold both a mystical and simultaneously primal appeal. The beard bearer is a figure of wisdom, of manliness unbound (think lumberjacks and fishermen) and also of not-gay sensitivity (every folk singer, ever). Only one thing remains to be said: gentlemen, start your face engines.

Comment on Top 20 Coolest Author Beards Through The Ages by The Dialectical Playa

The Dialectical Playa — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:46:10 +0000

As a bearded man boldly confronting the world with my manly, furry visage, I found your analyses of our collective, bearded greatness quite accurate and empowering. However beards are only part of our success. As those great men you referenced in your post would attest to (I was inexplicably missing from your list), our virility is enhanced by our preponderance of ear and back hair as well. Women find that feral quality – along with the natural grace, sophistication, and intelligence that a beard represents – to be irresistible. I attribute this lust to the sebaceous glands from which all my luxurious follicles arise. Those glands are irresistible, baby.

Comment on 10 Misleading Covers For Classical Books by Jason L

Jason L — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:03:12 +0000

Yes please! The Illiad: Young adults version with spear-impaling PG rating.

Comment on 10 Misleading Covers For Classical Books by Meg Dt

Meg Dt — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:56:39 +0000

“How My Body Works” for horses.

Comment on 10 Author Photos You Won’t Find On The Dust Jacket by Meg Dt

Meg Dt — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:11:24 +0000

I think that the photographer, Richard Avedon, did the most incredible job of capturing Pound’s fragility – as he has done with other famous people like Marilyn Monroe (http://www.artnet.com/artwork/32402/396/marilyn-monroe-new-york-city-may-6-1957.html).

Comment on 10 Author Photos You Won’t Find On The Dust Jacket by Jason L

Jason L — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:53:54 +0000

The images of Pound seem so tragic. I would not imagine someone as preoccupied with culture and governance as Pound to look any different at the end of his life, given that he lived to see two world wars and was unable to complete his greatest work before he died. Also he looks a bit like Johnny Depp. When he was young, that is.

Comment on 10 Writers Who Penned Their Books. Literally by Karen McCarthy

Karen McCarthy — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:23:43 +0000

Lovely!