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In this photo from the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, Hadley Richardson is pictured with Ernest Hemingway and their first son Jack, otherwise known as "Bumby" by the two,…

This is an image of a tattoo. Many literary adept people will see this image and instantly recognize the famous boa constrictor illustration from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The purpose of this image has been debated ever since…

According to A.H. Pratt, the author who channeled O.Henry's Ghost to write My Tussle With the Devil, he was able to channel the dead man with the help of a ouija board. While there are no ouija boards illustrated throughout the text, a mental image…

This first edition of part one of Luisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women, published in 1869, is illustrated by May Alcott, just like the second part from Manhattan College’s Fales Collection. The edition contains four illustrations: one of the…

This book about how to study art abroad is written by May Alcott Nieriker, presumably the same May Alcott that illustrated the original Little Women. It is interesting that May Alcott writes this book because it points to the similarities between the…

This video excerpt from The Steve Allen Show in 1959 features rare footage of Jack Kerouac reading his own work aloud on live television. The duo were promoting their new album “Poetry For the Beat Generation” which features Steve Allen playing…

In his portrait of Tom Moore, L.A.G. Strong includes many of Moore’s lyrics and music. Rather than publishing the words by themselves, Strong incorporates the lyrics into the music and displays them together. This demonstrates the importance that…

This is a group photograph of (left to right) Larry Rivers, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, David Amram, and Allen Ginsberg. It was taken at a restaurant during the filming of the short film "Pull My Daisy," which was written and narrated by Kerouac in…

A collection of L.A.G. Strong’s books were published in New York by Alfred K. Knopf publishing house, including an American edition of The Minstrel Boy in 1937. Although the text remains the same, the aesthetics of the book are different between…