Self-starter: how independent publishers popularised the novel
It’s not just fan-fic, I swear!
Literature
‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’: the play that got its entire cast arrested for portraying sex workers
You don’t get that with Hamilton.
Aldous Huxley’s comical letter to George Orwell about why his dystopia was better
“I have some notes, Mr. Orwell.”
The awkward night Joy Division met William S Burroughs—and Ian Curtis was told to fuck off
A cold meeting between Ian Curtis and his idol.
‘The Bald Soprano’: Take a look at one of the most beautiful (and eccentric) books ever published
Eugène Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano skewers language.
‘Jimmy Berman’: Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan’s bold anthem for the gay liberation movement
A combination of poetry, politics, and raw 1960s power.