The Lost Recipe for Happiness: A Novel

Mircea Nedelciu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirt͡ʃe̯a neˈdelt͡ʃju]; November 12, 1950 – July 12, 1999) was a Romanian short-story writer, novelist, essayist and literary critic, one of the leading exponents of the Optzecişti generation in Romanian letters. The author of experimental prose, mixing elements of conventional narratives with autofiction, textuality, intertextuality and, in some cases, fantasy, he placed […]

Bob Flanagan (December 26, 1952 – January 4, 1996) was an American performance artist and writer known for his work on sadomasochism and cystic fibrosis. Flanagan was born in New York City on December 26, 1952 and grew up in Costa Mesa, California, with his mother, Kathy; father, Robert; brothers John and Tim; and sister, […]

Mykola Dementiuk (born 1949) is an American author. A graduate of Columbia University,[1] his work has appeared in Pink Pages, Atom Mind, Paramour, and EIDOS Magazine.[2] He was a member of the road crew for Lollapalooza, the Big Apple Circus, and Cirque du Soleil[1] before being partially incapacitated by a stroke in 1997.[3] Dementiuk received […]

John Robert Fowles (/faʊlz/; 31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist of international stature, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work reflects the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others. After leaving Oxford University, Fowles taught English at a school on the Greek island of Spetses, a sojourn […]

Pierre Klossowski (/kləˈsɒfski/; French: [klɔˈsɔfski]; August 9, 1905, Paris – August 12, 2001, Paris) was a French writer, translator and artist. He was the eldest son of the artists Erich Klossowski and Baladine Klossowska, and his younger brother was the painter Balthus. Born in Paris, Pierre Klossowski was the older brother of the artist Balthazar Klossowski, […]