Camille Paglia

John Donne

Eudora Welty

Ralph Ellison

Mary Wollstonecraft

Zora Neal Hurston

Mark Twain

Literary Makeovers Salutes Miramax Films!

Finally, our message is getting out--people all over the world are understanding the need to de-uglify our greatest writers! Check out Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen in the upcoming film Becoming Jane. It's a vast improvement over the real life Austen, who was so not cute. Still, as usual, Hollywood just doesn't go far enough. Our Jane is still the best.

Henry James

Jacques Derrida--So Foxy He Should Be Twins

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Left to right: Mary Wollstonecraft, Fanny Burney, Phillis Wheatly, Hannah Adams, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Johanna Spyri