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Maria Vicente is an Associate Agent at P.S. Literary Agency. She is also the Wicked Witch of the East Coast.
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Quirk's American Literary Road Trip is an adventure across the United States through the printed book. Get out a pen and a piece of paper, 'cause you'll want to write down these titles and begin your imaginary vacation.
The second part of our road trip takes us from Colorado to New York, covering the literary terrain of horror, love stories, and contemporary chick lit.
It's a dream for many to take a road trip across America. Unfortunately, there are many reasons not to take a roadtrip this time of year.
1. It's freezing on the East Coast.
2. Gas isn't cheap.
3. Your personal hygiene will suffer.
4. Who the hell has time for a road trip anyway? We're not all Kerouac.
Instead, we've come up with a way for you to travel the country and remain comfy in your reading nook at home or the coffee shop down the street.
Book lovers like to talk about books. A lot. So much so that there usually isn't time to list off all of our favorites and explain why we fell in love with The BFG so many years ago - or how Bella Swan is the perfect representation of our twenty-five-year-old-selves. That was a joke.
On those days when talking just doesn't seem like enough, we luckily have clothes that can spread the message for us. Forget about wearing your heart on your sleeve - wear your favorite book on your torso.
Imagine this: By some unforeseen chain of events, your favourite literary characters have decided to take up professional wrestling.
As they walk into the stadium, their theme songs blare on the audio system, telling us a little bit about their individual stories and providing us with endless entertainment as we try to hide our laughter.
KATNISS EVERDEEN: She's the girl to run the world. Hell, she won The Hunger Games - nothing can stop her now. [Audio Link]
SHERLOCK HOLMES: There isn't a case that Sherlock Holmes can't solve. If you've done something wrong, one way or another, he's going to get you. [Audio Link]
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In case you haven’t heard the news, James Franco is scheduled to publish a collection of poetry, currently titled Directing Herbert White, in 2014. I assume he was inspired by his role as Allen Ginsberg in Howl (2010).
There are many other celebrities that I’d like to see pen poetry and so I present to you, ten celebrities Quirk wishes would write poetry. Please note, if your name is on this list and you actually do have a collection of poems sitting in your bedside table, here's a link to our submissions page.
