Die Lesenden by Robert Breyer, 1909
Die Lesenden by Robert Breyer, 1909
Check out my (magnetic poetry) poem “Lather” on Silver Birch Press’ blog!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alicia Austen is a writer, editor, and rebel-creative. She currently resides in the Queen City (aka Cincinnati), where she can usually be found drinking tea, listening to punk rock, and reading out-of-print books. Visit her blog at onetrackmuse.com.
A “just because” gift from my dear Momma!
Encyclopedia of the Exquisite by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins
British Library puts literary treasures online [courtesy philly.com]
Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians [courtesy British Library]
Does your Jane Austen cookie cutter need a companion? If you said yes, then today is your lucky day.
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Eternally eloquent American poet Emily Dickinson died on 15 May 1886.
Emily Dickinson as a teenager.
“Beauty is not caused. It is.”-Emily Dickinson
Chuck says to have your people call her people
“We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.”-Daphne du Maurier (born on 13 May 1907), Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer
Gary Cooper (died on 13 May 1961)
In case you are just joining us: A Literary Road Trip #1-A Dream of Travel and A Literary Road Trip #2-The Beat Travels On
POETIC TRAVELS,CLASSIC AMERICAN-STYLE
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery-air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.”-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
It’s time to hit the road again. This week, we are traveling with an extra dose of hearty American vigor: mid-century style. Think laid-back glam, poetic, unforced. Casual yet calculated.
Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go!
Writing and reading whilst lounging in the front passenger seat is obligatory, and so is saving room for any possible bookish road purchases:
Roam Far & Roam Free Market Tote Bag by Belles & Ghosts. $35.00+.
The Inventor’s Pocket Notebook by Earmark. $7.00.
Anne Sexton A Self-Portrait in Letters at Pistil Books. $14.95.
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 