Sentences with phrase «one's literary idols»

Or write a love story about two quirky young cancer sufferers who take a trip to Holland to meet their literary idol?

And then, on the verge of the release of his second novel, «Obidant,» and convinced of its impending success, Philip is crushed by the news that the New York Times is going to give the book a negative review, and then heartened to hear that his literary idol, the Gore Vidal - like famed novelist Ike Zimmerman (Jonathan Pryce in what might be a career - best performance), loves the book and wants to meet him.

These recurring midnight flings — where Gil is transported seamlessly to another era to dine, dance and ruminate with his literary idols — are charmingly rendered by Allen.

Giovanni Ribisi (always a pleasure to watch) plays a young reporter whose earnest letter to his literary idol wins him an invite to the great man's tropical paradise just as Fidel Castro's leftist guerrillas are sweeping into the cities.

Her literary idols include David Rakoff, C.S. Lewis, Virginia Woolf, Leo Tolstoy, Joan Didion, and William Shakespeare.

BookRiot featured this super-fun guest post by Josh Hanagarne about meeting his literary idol, Stephen King.

Nowhere is this sensation more visceral than at the London home of one of my literary idols — Charles Dickens.

At the fair, you can meet your literary idols in person at countless author readings, poetry slams or at the show kitchen of the Gourmet Gallery.

Even when facing a hostile or nonforthcoming interview, he is keenly aware of his good fortune in getting the chance to meet someone who was there in the trenches with his literary idols.

The Realists are on a quest to find their literary idol, a writer named Cesarea Tinajero, and the journey is a wild one, to say the...

Kurt Vonnegut on the The Shapes of Stories Kurt Vonnegut's novels became classics of the American counterculture and made him a literary idol.

A question: Should you take the chance to meet your literary idols, should the chance arise?