Tree in bloom
Daily Diversion #444: Tree in Bloom
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Art for a Rainy Day: After the Rain Gloucester by Paul Cornoyer
After the Rain Gloucester by Paul Cornoyer.
Daily Diversion #443: Wallpaper (Detail)
This is a close-up of the wallpaper mural at Austen & Company. The Biblioteca Wallpaper is by Ekaterina Panikanova. Isn’t it delightful?
Biblioteca Wallpaper: Detail. Design by: Ekaterina Panikanova.
[Book Nerd Links] Jane Austen’s Emma, Baby Peggy, Emily Dickinson, Pittsburgh, and Paris
- Emma Takes Place in a Bright Georgian Dollhouse [ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST]
- Baby Peggy, Child Star of Silent Films, Dies at 101 [THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]
- Emily Dickinson’s White Dress [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Pittsburgh Literary Anthology Centers Stories Of Black Women [WESA]
- On the trail of African American artists and writers in Paris [CNN]
Baby Peggy (April 1922).
[Book Nerd Links] Max Ernst, Scottish Literature, and Black History
- The Collages of Max Ernst [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Poverty, Anxiety, and Gender in Scottish Working-Class Literature [LITHUB]
- ‘Little Legends’ Celebrates Big Lives Of Black History [NPR BOOKS]
Daily Diversion #442: This Rascal Loves the Snow
Duncan is loving our first snow of winter. He wasn’t happy when I told him to come back inside, though.
SnowDunc
Happy International Clash Day!
[Book Nerd News] Alice Mayhew, Kamau Brathwaite, and Kirk Douglas
- Remembering Alice Mayhew, Legendary Editor [LITHUB]
- Kamau Brathwaite: 1930-2020 [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Hollywood Pays Tribute to “Incredible Icon” Kirk Douglas [THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]
Kirk Douglas, circa 1955.
[Book Nerd News] Harriet Frank Jr., George Steiner, and John Baldessari
- Harriet Frank Jr. Dies at 96 [THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]
- George Steiner Dies at 90 [THE NEW YORK TIMES]
- John Baldessari Dies at 88 [LA TIMES]
Harriet Frank Jr. (Amazing Stories, June-July 1953)
Daily Diversion #441: Devoted to Big Bands
Found this chilling in a puddle under our car:
Devoted to Big Bands
