Dysfunctional Families in Literature [courtesy Huff Post Books]
What are your thoughts?
Dysfunctional Families in Literature [courtesy Huff Post Books]
What are your thoughts?
An illustration from The Yellow Book-Volume 6. 1895.

The Yellow Book, 1895.
The move took an excruciatingly stretched-out five days. The truck rental company screwed us over, leaving us scrambling for a replacement moving van at the last minute. Our mattress did not fit up the 19th-century spiral staircase. We had to send an extra couch to the curb, because it was too fat to fit in any of the 4 doors. We are sleeping on the couch, and unpacking boxes with the verve and fitness of creaky 90-year-olds. We will not have Internet or cable until Tuesday afternoon. What does this mean for you, dear readers? Until then, expect cell phone photos of my animals and books and maybe a quote or two. Regular content resumes on Wednesday.
10 Great Books Starring Cats [courtesy Flavorwire]
Did your favourite literary cat make the cut?
Yes, please. Yes, a million times over. You know how I feel about Penguin books. This is enough to make me a groupie. “Hey, which band are you following this summer?” “Oh, PBT. You’ve probably never heard of them. Trust me, though, they are about to hit the big time.”

Last Chapter by Robert Martineau, 1863
Allen Ginsberg was born 87 years ago today. Here he is, looking all fresh-faced yet intense.

Allen Ginsberg
QUOTE: “Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.”
SOME WORKS: Howl and Other Poems; Kaddish and Other Poems; Reality Sandwiches; The Yage Letters; Mind Breaths; Deliberate Prose
A KEEPSAKE:

Allen Ginsberg Quote Pencils by the big harumph. $10.00
It’s not everyday that a book by a long-dead Nobel Prize winner comes to light. How fascinating!
A Pearl Buck Novel, New After 4 Decades [courtesy The New York Times]

Pearl S. Buck, circa 1932