LGBTQ+ Writers
This Irish writer was imprisoned for homosexuality in 1895, shortly after the debut of his play, "The Importance of Being Earnest".
Who is Oscar Wilde?
This best-selling science fiction novel from 2011 was originally published on the author's website, and has since gone on to be adapted into a film with Matt Damon.
What is The Martian?
This 60s Christmas song was written about a famous cartoon dog fighting in World War I.
What is Snoopy's Christmas?
Sondheim first found success writing the lyrics for this Leonard Bernstein-composed musical.
What is West Side Story?
A group of owls is referred to by this collective noun.
What is a Parliament?
This Ancient Greek poet lived on the island of Lesbos, and for that reason, is the origin of the term Lesbian.
Who is Sappho?
This British politician rose to internet fame after accidentally tweeting his own name in 2011, presumably intending to search for an article about himself.
Who is Ed Balls?
In "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge, is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, as well as this other ghost.
Who is Jacob Marley?
This musical, based upon a comedy of the same name by Aristophanes, was originally performed in Yale University's gymnasium's swimming pool in 1974.
What is The Frogs?
Changing "helicopter" from original "helico-" and "-pter" into "heli-" and "-copter" is an example of this linguistic phenomenom.
What is rebracketing?
Known for her thrillers like "Strangers on a Train" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley", this author also wrote lesbian romance "The Price of Salt", which was adapted into the film Carol.
Who is Patricia Highsmith?
This infamous Harry Potter fanfiction follows main character Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way.
What is My Immortal?
This now-classic Christmas film originally did poorly, but found success in 1971, when the copyright briefly lapsed, allowing it to be widely played on television for free.
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
This Sondheim horror musical includes three entirely distinct songs called "Johanna", each sung by a different man about the same woman.
What is Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street?
These made-up names were famously used in an experiment to see if certain words sound spikey or round.
What are Kiki and Bouba?
This Black American writer created such works as Giovanni's Room and If Beale Street Could Talk.
Who is James Baldwin?
A person who gains popularity on social media for some positive or charming trait but is later revealed to have a distasteful history is known as this combination beverage and waterfowl.
What is a Milkshake Duck?
Santa's reindeer Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen were all named in this poem (of somewhat contested authorship)
What is A Visit from St Nicholas or Twas the Night Before Christmas?
Sondheim wrote this Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, inspired by the French pointillist masterpiece, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte".
What is Sunday in the Park with George?
This linguistic term refers to a phrase or expression which is used to play a social role in a conversation, rather than to actually communicate meaning itself.
What is a phatic expression?
This Tony-Winning playwright of Torch Song Trilogy and Newsies the Musical, also played Robin William's brother in Mrs Doubtfire.
Who is Harvey Fierstein?
This numerically-titled text by Jon Bois, also known as "What Football Will Look Like in the Future", follows three sentient satellites in the far future, and was published on American sports news website SB Nation
What is 17776?
What is Turkey?
Sondheim has said the only show he ever regretted writing was this musical, based upon Arthur Laurent's play, "The Time of the Cuckoo".
What is Do I Hear a Waltz?
“She broke his car and his heart.” or "Our teeth and ambitions are bared" are both examples of this literary term.
What is a zeugma?