by Emily Temple. Posted on Flavorpill - Tuesday Nov 6, 2012
“If you want to be a writer,” Stephen King tells us at the beginning of his classic craft book On Writing, “you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” We think it’s pretty fair to say that King has done both — and so have most other famous authors. After all, that’s how they got there. But what do they read? We scoured the web to find pictures of a few of our favorite authors reading — and from what we can tell, they spend a lot of time reading their own books (or at least a lot of time being photographed reading them). After the jump, check out a few famous authors reading, whether their own books or other writers’, and if you have a cool photo we missed, add to our collection in the comments!
William S. Burroughs reading Vents, New York City, 1950. Photo by Allen Ginsberg, via Awesome People Reading.
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William S. Burroughs reading Vents, New York City, 1950. Photo by Allen Ginsberg, via Awesome People Reading.
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