Is there a connection between a literary vocation, singular talent, and addiction to booze? Can writers use alcohol to crash through barriers in the conscious mind? Might the grandiosity alcohol induces help writers carry on in a difficult, demanding, poorly paid field? Can drinking enhance one's life work enough to be worth the negative impact on one's mental and physical health? Is sobriety better for literature? Writers on the Rocks takes a look at some of the 20th century's finest writers who were also users or abusers of alcohol.
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