Thomas Lux, 1946-2017 [THE PARIS REVIEW]
Rest in Peace, Thomas Lux
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Monthly Archives: February 2017
[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: Charles Dickens/Sinclair Lewis/Laura Ingalls Wilder/Gay Talese
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”-Charles Dickens (born 7 February 1812)
Sinclair Lewis (born 7 February 1885) by Arnold Genthe, 7 March 1914
And:
Laura Ingalls Wilder (born 7 February 1867), circa 1885
“I am a documentarian of what I do.”-Gay Talese (born 7 February 1932)
Tea in Art: A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale, 1909
A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale for Collier’s Magazine, 1909:
A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale, 1909.
I wish I could spend today drinking tea and reading books about awesome women. Alas!
Daily Diversion #369: Dunkers
Two things are going on in this picture of Duncan. One: He is hogging all of the covers, because he can. Two: He misses his papa, who has just left for work.
Dunkers
P.G. Wodehouse on the Ideal Life
P.G. Wodehouse quote
The Splendiferously Bearded Writers Social Club: Walter Bagehot
- Name: Walter Bagehot
- D/O/B: 3 February 1826
- Member Since: 1866
- Status: Charter Member
- Important Role: Economics Adviser
- Hobbies: Philosophy; Mathematics; staring wistfully into space
Walter Bagehot
Daily Diversion #368: No Ban, No Wall
“No Ban, No Wall” Protest at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus (30 January 2017):
—”No Ban, No Wall” Protest
Welcome, February!
Février by Eugène Grasset, 1896:
Fevrier by Eugene Grasset, 1896
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 