American Literature Hoodies

Sea photography and Kate Chopin quote: The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.

With this image, we celebrate American writer Joseph Heller, the author of the cult-novel Catch-22.

A quote from one of my favorite poems, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Eliot. T.S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize in 1948, so I'm sure he'd be happy to see his words on a T-shirt. (He also wrote the poetry that became "Cats" on Broadway. Has any other Nobel Prize winner been immortalized on Broadway with people dressed as cats? I THINK NOT!)

literature quote wisdom and age

H.P. Lovecraft portrait and quote: We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

Read more bell hooks. Digital illustration, 2021.

Audre Lorde was an American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet."

James Baldwin Retro Look

Author and humorist Mark Twain (portrait by Chris Schweizer)

American Sluts

James Baldwin Artwork For His Fans..

In 1993, Toni Morrison was the first black woman who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. This was the conclusion of successful publishing and academic career. The list of awards she had received is long, and it includes the American Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and many others. In 2006, The New York Times Book Review chose her novel Beloved as the best work in American fiction in the previous 25 years! Ms. Morrison died in 2019 at the age of 88.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. 1876 “I Love Books Collection” A retro design collection based on the universal classic books.

When William S. Burroughs met Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, it was an event that would stay recorded in the history of literature. Burroughs was an interesting character and a man of substance.

American Writer, Kurt Vonnegut. Handwritten font, lettering by my own human hand!! x badlydrawnbabe

James Baldwin

If you like the wisdom from literary powerhouse Maya Angelou, then you'll love this inspiring quote. Cute, uplifting illustration perfect for someone who wants to stay energised and centred during this challenging time. Great gift for a fan of this wise and magnficent author or for anyone who wants to remember and share a positive message.

Robert Louis Stevenson - Some Of My Books Are Great

With this image, we celebrate American and Jamaican poet Claude McKay who was one of the pillars of the Harlem Renaissance.

AI-generated Pre-Raphaelite portraits representing women entrapped by Shirley Jackson's creepiest setting, Hill House.

A vintage style William S Burroughs T-shirt

James Baldwin quote: "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do." Best gift for James Baldwin fans.

Marbled paper,traditionally used for book endpapers, with little circles of text from The Portrait of A Lady by Henry James.Perfect for curling up with a good book. Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic.

Good advice from Herman Melville fans: Read More Melville. In white, distressed, retro-style lettering.

The Man and the Typewriter.

Freedon is something that dies unless its used

So many years after, Allen Ginsberg is still an icon of the counter-culture.

Believe nothing you hear, and only half what you see.

Arguably, Poe is the most influential American writer of all time. You can find traces of his concepts everywhere: poetry, short story, horror, comic books, sci-fi, B-movies.

The opening of Herman Melville's classic novel, Moby-Dick, in white, antique-typewriter-style lettering.

the great ernest hemingway

The Bell Jar quote by Sylvia Plath: “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”

So many years after, Allen Ginsberg is still an icon of counter-culture.

Edgar Allan Poe giving you nightmares since 1809

Ayn Rand, born as Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, was a quite controversial but very popular Russian-American writer, known by her novels We the Living, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.