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Jan 22, 2018 · Alcoholism. Why Do Writers Drink So Much? What has led so many writers to drink, and drink excessively? Posted January 22, 2018. Alcohol (and alcoholism) has been a defining feature of literary...
- Psychology Today Australia
Why Do Writers Drink So Much? What has led so many writers...
- Psychology Today Australia
Sep 28, 2015 · Nobel laureates Faulkner, O’Neill, Hemingway and Steinbeck were alcoholics, as were Brendan Behan, Dylan Thomas, Jean Rhys and many more. Anne O’Neill explores why.
- Anne O'neill
Dec 24, 2020 · What can they teach or impart to us about writing and booze? Read: Why a movie about 1930s Hollywood resonates today
Some of this is tied to The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink by Olivia Laing, a new British book that is gathering attention both here and in the U.K. Writing in The Guardian, Lang notes ...
Why Do Writers Drink So Much? What has led so many writers to drink, and drink excessively? Posted Jan 22, 2018. Alcohol (and alcoholism) has been a defining feature of literary life in...
Jul 14, 2021 · Palmer unearths, from his subjects’ journals and correspondence, numerous revealing observations, some quasi-aphoristic, about drinking: “As soon as I sober up I start again” (Rhys); “Took a slug of whiskey at eleven. Two straightforward martinis at noon” (Cheever); “Writing is an agony mitigated by drink” (Burgess).
Oct 29, 2021 · Why were so many famous writers alcoholics? This piece examines the myth we've built up around writers' drinking habits.
