Lady Reading Poetry by Ishibashi Kazunori (1906):
Lady Reading Poetry by Ishibashi Kazunori (1906).
[Women Reading in Art] Lady Reading Poetry
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[Book Nerd Links] Welty, Beckett, Heaney, Wharton, and Lefteri
- Redux: This Caliper Embrace [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Important lessons from Edith Wharton’s interior decoration manual [LIT HUB]
- ‘The Beekeeper of Aleppo’ Wins 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize [NPR]
Eudora Welty
Daily Diversion #445: Dutch Oven Bread
Here’s the recipe I use, if you’re interested. I love it because, in addition to being delicious, this recipe strikes what I consider to be a perfect balance: It’s involved enough to make you feel accomplished but easy enough to not dominate your entire day. Bonus: If you love toast, then this is definitely the right bread for you!
Dutch Oven Bread.
Ajar is a sacred word by Alicia Austen (MY FRONT DOOR Series)
My poem is featured on Silver Birch Press! Check it out.
Ajar is a sacred word
by Alicia Austen
Ajar is
a sacred word
now
that it is necessary to be noncommittal
Houses stand
erect and
old
shut like
fists
except
where breezes enter through open orifices
and private sounds
escape
above empty sidewalks
Looking out
from my armored entry,
I close my eyes
in order to picture what I do not see—
people walking past
wheels moving
a mass of
artificial
colors
flickering in sunlight
Is this why we–
periodically–
consecrate the mundane?
Does strife
imbue it
with special powers
until
it shines like
molten wax?
If a neighborhood is an entity—
silence anarchy—
what is humanity,
but a movie projected at the wrong speed
one step ahead
or
behind
reality
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I write things as I see them, which means avoiding the literal at all costs while embracing oddness, layers, and complexity. My goal is to…
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Daily Diversion #444: Tree in Bloom
Tree in bloom
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
