Bret Easton Ellis

What Kanye has in common with Bret Easton Ellis

Authenticity -- whether you are who your art says you are -- is crucial (and slippery) in literature and rap alike

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 6:30 PM UTC 14
Entertainment Kanye West, Bret Easton Ellis

The author -- and prolific, controversial tweeter -- says he's returning to the printed page

Daniel D'Addario Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 10:17 PM UTC
Entertainment Bret Easton Ellis, Twitter

After consulting several women, his mom included, Ellis now realizes that his Bigelow rant went "beyond douchiness"

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Dec 18, 2012 9:45 PM UTC 10
Entertainment Bret Easton Ellis

"Less than Zero" novelist rage-tweets that the "Zero Dark Thirty" filmmaker is winning acclaim because she's "hot"

Mary Elizabeth Williams Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 5:19 PM UTC 19
Entertainment Zero Dark Thirty

I idolized the author until I served him at a bar. Now I'm left contemplating his unrealized potential

Tom Dibblee, LA Review of Books Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 6:42 PM UTC 24
Entertainment literature, Bret Easton Ellis

I edited both authors when they were starting out and can attest that the enmity between the two goes back decades

Gerald Howard Friday, Sep 7, 2012 4:20 PM UTC 85
Entertainment Books, David Foster Wallace

The "American Psycho" author took to Twitter to attack a venerated -- and deceased -- American writer

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 3:32 PM UTC 47
Life Twitter, David Foster Wallace

Bret Easton Ellis could make the film of "50 Shades" -- and a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Laura Miller Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 11:59 PM UTC
Entertainment 50 Shades of Grey, Books