Tuesday, August 18, 2015

19 Famous Writers I've Spotted In New York City

I’m trying to draw every person in NYC.

The following drawings are excerpted from Jason Polan's ongoing project (and new book) Every Person In New York:

Joyce Carol Oates at Strand Bookstore

Joyce Carol Oates at Strand Bookstore

Jason Polan

Judd Apatow at The Museum of Modern Art

Judd Apatow at The Museum of Modern Art

Jason Polan

Zadie Smith on Greene Street

Zadie Smith on Greene Street

Jason Polan


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It’s time to find out if you’re really as smart as Hermione.

This Girl's "Goosebumps" Collection Will Give You Epic Nostalgia

R.L. Stine would be proud.

Here's just some of her collection.

Brooke Denyer

And while she still has plenty of the books, the bulk of her collection consists of hard-to-find items.

And while she still has plenty of the books, the bulk of her collection consists of hard-to-find items.

Brooke finds a lot of the items online, in second-hand stores, and says she's spent around $1000 AUD so far on the merchandise.

Brooke Denyer / Via readingisascream.tumblr.com


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Nailed it.

Jeff Lewonczyk, a New York-based artist, travelled to Mumbai, Bengaluru, and New Delhi in March of 2014 and decided to draw one cartoon for each of his 14 days in the country.

Jeff Lewonczyk, a New York-based artist, travelled to Mumbai, Bengaluru, and New Delhi in March of 2014 and decided to draw one cartoon for each of his 14 days in the country.

Jeff told BuzzFeed India that he’d been trying to build his skills as a cartoonist, and was looking for any opportunity to do so. “The trip to India seemed like a perfect fit – I’d be able to observe and draw things that were new to me, and it would give me a unique way to process my experience and stay connected to everyone at home,” Jeff said. He hopes to come back and do a second series on India, and possibly even turn the entire collection into a book.

Below are a few of the cartoons he made, all of which perfectly sum up life in India.

Via Facebook: jefflewonczyk

On crossing streets:

On crossing streets:

On Bollywood dreams:

On Bollywood dreams:

On peak Indian laziness:

On peak Indian laziness:


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Who Said It: Dumbledore Or Gandalf?

You know! The ancient white dude with a beard and the hair…

Renata Adler On Fearlessness And Becoming A Late-In-Life Cultural Icon

“There was none of this smooth course that people imagine — I was an outsider.”

Ron Galella / WireImage

New York Review Books

Earlier this year, journalist and novelist Renata Adler stopped by BuzzFeed's New York office to talk about her recently released nonfiction collection After the Tall Timber. Here's what she had to say about modern criticism, what it was *really* like to write in the 1960s, and how it's felt to become a late-in-life cultural icon.


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