The Dead Writers Club was born out of the fact that there are very few living writers out there that are worth reading. (Naturally, this is because we all yearn to live in the past) Do you consistently feel as though you are living in the wrong time period? We do too. This blog is a celebration of literature and the greats who wrote before us.Tumblr (3.0; @deadwriters)http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/The Daily Routines of Famous Writers: What’s YOUR routine?http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/37272520853http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/37272520853Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:01:53 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_OBrMocKnQ4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Here’s a virtual movie of the great Dylan Thomas reading “Fern Hill”.</p> <p>Happy Tuesday, everyone!</p> <p>Courtesy of our friend, Jim Clark at Poetry Animations. </p>http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/37188357906http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/37188357906Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:58:34 -0600“November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.” - Emily Dickinsonhttp://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/34759639496http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/34759639496Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:10:47 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcrvcs6nw61qb9i9no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>HAPPY HALLOWEEN, from all of us at DWC.</p> <p>New in November…</p> <p>More posts, more audio and we promise we will try to update more frequently. Been a hectic few months. Term papers, new student crop, novels, etc.</p> <p>Have a safe and ridiculously fun Halloween, everyone!</p>http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/34714169967http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/34714169967Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:26:52 -0500“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/34700418469http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/34700418469Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:53:17 -0500On October 16th in 1847, Charlotte Brontë published, Jane Eyre. 165 years old, and it&#8217;s still...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/33710903507http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/33710903507Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:47:00 -0500“I need solitude for my writing; not ‘like a hermit’ - that wouldn’t be...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32935286599http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32935286599Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:54:49 -0500<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_32890553194" src="http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32890553194/audio_player_iframe/deadwriters/tumblr_mbdz3i2bhX1qb9i9n?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fdeadwriters%2F32890553194%2Ftumblr_mbdz3i2bhX1qb9i9n" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Anne Sexton reading her poem, “The Truth the Dead Know”.</p> <p>(I’m fairly certain we’ve posted this before, but… enjoy it anyway ;)</p>http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32890553194http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32890553194Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:47:42 -0500On this day, in 1974, confessional poet Anne Sexton, took her own life by asphyxiating herself with...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32870329073http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32870329073Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:21:46 -05001974anne sextondead writers cluboctober 4To Bedlam and Part Way Backlive or diepulitzer prize1967All My Pretty Onesconfessional poetry“Writing involves a commitment greater than illness.” - Bernard Malamudhttp://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32822063384http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32822063384Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:29:30 -0500On September 28th in 1891, American author, Herman Melville passed away at the age of...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32461896913http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/32461896913Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:32:22 -0500moby dickherman melvilleseptember 281891dead writer<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_majtzy2CSx1qb9i9no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/31795199306http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/31795199306Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:09:34 -0500<a href="http://www.theawl.com/2012/08/writer-food-from-a-to-z">Writer Food: From A to Z</a>http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/31059229096http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/31059229096Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:22:31 -0500On this day in 1881, American poet and musician, Sidney Lanier died from possible complications due...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/31058680918http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/31058680918Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:07:00 -0500sidney lanierhappydeathdayseptember7th1881poetwriterdead writer“Constant work, constant writing and constant revision. The real writer learns nothing from...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/29832629463http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/29832629463Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:11:52 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xB_ftS7Om6s?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p> ”Have you reckon’d a thousand acres much?” from “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman, first published in the 1855 edition of his lifelong masterpiece of Philosophical thoughts and poems “Leaves of Grass”. This one calls for us to strive to be original and not just repeat the ideas of those who are dead and gone. This is a great call to all writers, in our opinion. Listen carefully. There is wisdom here, storytellers. Hear it. </p> <p>Credit goes to the extremely talented Jim Clark for his impeccable poetry animations! </p>http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/29481234055http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/29481234055Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:39:11 -0500walt whitmansong of myselfhave you reckon'd a thousand acres much?poetry animationsdead writers clubjim clark“I might write four lines or I might write twenty. I subtract and I add until I really hit...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/29287742172http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/29287742172Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:29:30 -0500On this day in 1962, German author, Hermann Hesse, died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage. He died in...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/29053873673http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/29053873673Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:48:15 -0500deathdaydead writerdead writers clubhermann hessecerebral hemorrhage1962august 9siddharthademiangertrudesteppenwolfthe glass bead gamegerman““Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/28193199249http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/28193199249Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:04:16 -0500                     “He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one” On July 26th in 1680,...http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/28054337894http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/28054337894Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:33:34 -0500John Wilmotdead writerdead writers clubdeathdayhappyjuly 26th1680syphilislibertine