Fascinating Photos of Famous Authors as Teenagers [courtesy Flavorwire]
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Fascinating Photos of Famous Authors as Teenagers [courtesy Flavorwire]
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A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 
I’m surprised by how easy it is to recognize so many of them. I know most them are no longer living, but I almost felt sorry for them. Who would want their awkward teenage pictures spread around on the Internet?!
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Somehow, I doubt that most of these people would mind all that much. It just adds to their individual mythologies. The average person would probably not be too happy, but then we are talking about people who very much want(ed) to be remembered.
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That’s a good point, though I doubt J.D. Salinger is in that group. Some of those authors were known for wanting their privacy.
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It’s funny, because of course I assumed that everyone would automatically consider Salinger to be the exception. Many artists and writers are quite desirous of privacy whilst alive, but deliberately leave the way open for the cult of personality after death.
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So little has been released since Salinger’s death (and some works won’t be published for decades after his death, as he wished) that I suspect he wanted his privacy.
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PEGGY ATWOOD. Peggy seems somehow blasphemous and incredibly humanizing. Also Toni Morrison had wicked style.
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The first thing I thought when I saw Toni Morrison was how stylish she was as a teenager. Girl had it together.
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Interesting photos – they all seem pretty serious and Toni Morrison was so beautiful. I would guess most writers take themselves pretty seriously – it is a daunting profession.
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You don’t have to tell me that. 🙂
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Young scamp!
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Yes! I love that word, by the way.
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Not as much as I love your blog though
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I am blushing now, dammit!
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Anais Nin looks like a porcelain doll.
Mark Twain, on the other hand, looks like Trouble with a capital “T”.
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I think Twain was trouble with a capital T!
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I don’t know why, but I am obsessed with this sort of thing. I love that Flannery O’Connor said her hobby is collecting rejection slips.
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Haha, that makes two of us!
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Neil Gaiman looks exactly the same! I love them all. Flavorwire will be the end of me; I totally could spend my day cruising their lists.
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I know! Those Flavorwire lists are so heady.
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