KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman who became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery writer, died Tuesday. She was 83. picked by tchengrox 2 years ago

Soviet dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn died today. He is finally free. His biographical acceptance speech from when he won the 1970 nobel prize is here: Speech The Soviets didn't allow him to travel to accept it.

It took me an entire summer to read his thinnest book, Cancer Ward, but it was worth every minute. picked by meggysue 1 year ago

Steve Gerber comic book writer. He worked on many of the big name titles such as The Defenders, Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, Morbius the Living Vampire, Kiss (the band), and others. His best known work was Howard The Duck. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Watching MissWinkle's La Sexilinea post put me in mind of this character from the world of Modern Toss (although this link tells you more. Twelve more episodes in the comments. picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago

Onion writer John Harris is trying to sell an unspecified joke on eBay because he "can't find a contextual home" for it. The punchline is that bids have already soared to $370, despite his self-effacing sales pitch: "To be fair, it's less of a joke and more of a dated, Capote-esque cocktail party bon mot, but decidedly more feeble" picked by suebe 11 months ago

Fox News writer Don Broderick is accused of ramming a cyclist in Central Park with his SUV, then dragging him on the hood of the car for several blocks. picked by suebe 6 months ago

A Belgian writer has admitted that she made up her best-selling "memoir" depicting how, as a Jewish child, she lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust, her lawyers said Friday. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Sitting idle leads you nowhere, but doing job takes you high. And when it comes to writer jobs, there is no end of this road. Precisely speaking, you may have plenty of opportunities for writing and wide scope for generating extra money. picked by freelancewriting 2 years ago

Seen the movie: Brick?


Writer-Director Rian Johnson offers up the shooting script and original novella for free on his site picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Excellent article about a writer and his discovery of metal. picked by ITC518 2 months ago

Larry Gelbart, the award-winning writer whose sly, sardonic wit helped create such hits as Broadway's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," the films "Tootsie" and "Oh, God!" and television's "M-A-S-H," is dead. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

BANGKOK: An Australian writer was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for insulting the Thai monarchy in a self-published novel. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

Writer of classics of the American counterculture, dies at age 84. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

London Times restaurant critic Giles Coren gets a little upset when someone screws with his copy.

*Text only, but NSFW language if you have nosey co-workers. picked by beckinacea 1 year ago

John Bramblitt, pure inspiration.

An update to Chezzy’s post. picked by meggysue 9 months ago

Andy d**k playing Harlan McCraney, a Presidential Speechalist. picked by Kitsune86 3 years ago

An article about my friend Jason Grote's play '1001'. picked by sbcea 2 years ago

Critcally panned but enormously popular with his readers. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

"She had been dead for at least a week...and her remains were partially mummified by the time they were found."

"Judge Dan Pfleging...ordered that Paulsen cannot write, produce or direct, or collaborate with anyone in those activities, to profit from his wife's death." picked by drogue 8 months ago

“I’m doing what I did the day I started,” he said. “I write jokes and wake my wife up in the middle of the night and say, ‘Honey, is this funny?’ So if this monologue doesn’t work it’s my wife’s fault.” picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago