Portrait of Juliana Cornelia de Lannoy by Niels Rode. 18th century.
Writers in Art: Juliana Cornelia de Lannoy
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Category Archives: Dead Writers
Goodbye, Edith Wharton (and your little dogs, too)!
Legendary writer Edith Wharton died on 11 August 1937. She was seventy-five.
Here she is, in her twenties, with her two vicious looking little dogs. I bet they liked biting strangers’ ankles.
Edith Wharton
Three Day Quote Challenge-Day Three: George Bernard Shaw and Joe Strummer
The rules call for one quote per day. Ever the rebel, I’m ending the challenge with two. I will not choose between my favourite (dead) writers, and you can’t make me! Waaaahhhhh!
George Bernard Shaw Quote
Joe Strummer Quote
Thus ends this fun exercise. Thanks for reading!
Details:
I was nominated for the Three Day Quote Challenge by Sita Rasa. Thanks so much!
Here are the actual “rules” for the quote challenge:
– Post one quote for three days (they may be your words or from another source)
– Nominate three bloggers each day to participate
– Thank the blogger who nominated you
I’m following numbers one and three. As for two…well, if you’d like to participate (and you should, because it is fun) feel free to nominate yourself.
Writers in Art: Caricature of W. Somerset Maugham
Caricature of W. Somerset Maugham
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.
Happy Birthday, Stephen Vincent Benét!
22 July 1898:
Stephen Vincent Benét, in the Yale College Yearbook (1919).
“We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.”-Stephen Vincent Benét
[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 This Photo of Edna St. Vincent Millay Will Always Be Extraordinary…
I have to share it with you.
Again.
It has been too long.
Edna St. Vincent Millay at Mitchell Kennerley’s house in Mamaroneck, New York (1914). Photo by Arnold Genthe.
“Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.”-Edna St. Vincent Millay
Cropped black and white version.
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John Cowper Powys Quote
Shopping for the Bookworm: Literary Phone Cases
Alice in Wonderland Phone Case by Tengiry. $13.68+.
Mary Shelley Phone Case by Strange- Love Tees. $13.99+.
I Heart Poe Phone Case by Arete. $16.00+.
Library Card Phone Case by Caribou Creek Cases. $15.00+.
Pride and Prejudice Book Wallet Phone Case by Chick -Lit Designs. $29.00.
So It Goes Kurt Vonnegut Phone Case by Dizzy Cactus. $12.99.
Zora Neale Hurston phone case by NOxLA. $36.00.
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