- Memory and Delusion [THE NEW YORKER]
- Best of Enemies [NEW YORK MAGAZINE]
- How Sex Talk in Literature Has Changed Over 200 Years [FLAVORWIRE]
Category Archives: Books
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W. Somerset Maugham Quote
Hey, Georgie! It’s Your Birthday!
From the George Grantham Bain collection (Library of Congress):

George Bernard Shaw
G.B. Shaw was born on 26 July 1856.
“You and your Nero Wolfe recipes!”

“You and your Nero Wolfe recipes!”
From The American Magazine, June 1949.
Nero Wolfe in Too Many Cooks
Two Nero Wolfe illustrations from the March 1938 issue of The American Magazine. The artwork, from top to bottom, is by: Vladimir Bobri and Rico Tomaso.

Too Many Cooks

Nero Wolfe in Too Many Cooks, March 1938
[Book Nerd Links] Dickens, Murdoch, and the Ramones
- A Trove of Forgotten Writings Is Found in a Periodical Edited by Dickens [THE NEW YORK TIMES]
- Iris Murdoch’s Favorite Painting [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Archie is a Punk Rocker Now in Crossover ‘Archie’/Ramones Comic [FLAVORWIRE]
Because Nero Wolfe, That’s Why
Two illustrations from Rex Stout’s The Red Bull, which was published in The American Magazine in 1938. The novel version came out in 1939, under the title Some Buried Caesar. The artist is Ronald McLeod.

Nero Wolfe in The Red Bull (aka Some Buried Caesar)

Wolfe was seated at the table…
Grace and Blood free on Smashwords – and a CONTEST!
I never reblog anything, ever, unless, selfishly, it has to do with me, my writing, or A Small Press Life. I’m making an exception here, for two reasons. One) I’m WordPress pals with the writer and Two) This contest looks like a ton of fun. You should probably enter it. Like, yesterday.
Birthday Books
My birthday isn’t until Friday, but a couple of days ago my husband indulged me with some early gifts:
The Winner of Our Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling Giveaway Is…
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