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Category Archives: Dead Writers
Goodbye, Katherine Mansfield!
Katherine Mansfield died on 9 January 1923.
Katherine Mansfield.
“When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.”–Katherine Mansfield
Nella Larsen on Imagination
“Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it.”–Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen (1928). Photographed by James Allen.
Happy Belated Birthday, James Thurber!
I was so busy over the weekend, that I didn’t get around to wishing my favorite hometown boy a happy birthday. He was born on 8 December 1894, right here in Columbus.
Here’s a link to my article about the Thurber House (which I now live very close to, incidentally).
Edgar Allan Poe on a Single Mood
“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.”–Edgar Allan Poe
Sylvia Plath Google Doodle
Yesterday’s Google Doodle was in honor of Sylvia Plath’s 87th birthday. The gorgeous art is by Sophie Diao.
Sylvia Plath Google Doodle. Art by Sophie Diao.
A Lovely Photo of Sylvia Plath
I’ve always loved this photo of Sylvia Plath.
Sylvia Plath
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Gaskell!
English writer Elizabeth Gaskell was born on 29th September 1810:
1832 miniature of Elizabeth Gaskell by William John Thomson
- KNOWN FOR: Mary Barton; North and South; Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story; Cranford; The Life of Charlotte Brontë.
A Brief Letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald on His Birthday
Encore post from 5 years ago.
Dear Scott,
Another year has gone by, and I still find you as enigmatic and problematic as ever. You, who could write such beautiful words, ruffle my feathers like few others. You, who squandered such exemplary gifts, frustrate me to the point of madness. Although I’ve never loved you, not even a bit, I have spent some wonderful time in your company. At this point in the game, I realize that I will never stop questioning you and, in questioning you, relentlessly, learn more about myself than I ever cared to know. Happy birthday, you beautiful bastard.
Yours (but not really),
Maedez
F. Scott Fitzgerald by Gordon Bryant. Shadowland, 1921.
“I don’t want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”-This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald
[Book Nerd Links] Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Punk/No-Wave, and Book Illustrations
- YOU, TOO, CAN LIVE IN NORMAN MAILER’S HOUSE [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- TOM WOLFE, STRAIGHT-ARROW VIRGINIA GENT [THE PARIS REVEIW]
- FABULOUS PHOTOS FROM NYC’S PUNK AND NO-WAVE ERA [FLAVORWIRE]
- STUNNING ILLUSTRATIONS FOR NEW EDITIONS OF ‘FAHRENHEIT 451’ AND ‘I AM LEGEND’ [FLAVORWIRE]
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