Portrait of Christina Rossetti by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1866:
Portrait of Christina Rossetti by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1866
Writers in Art: Christina Rossetti
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Category Archives: Dead Writers
The Splendiferously Bearded Writers Social Club: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Name: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1st Baron Tennyson)
- D/O/B: 8/6/1809
- Member Since: 1862
- Status: Charter Member
- Important Role: Coordinator of club poetry workshops
- Hobbies: Carrying out duties as the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom; coining now-famous phrases; sitting for intense portraits
Alfred, Lord Tennyson by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1869
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[Alternative Muses] Going and Coming: Alfred, Lord Tennyson/Carole Lombard Mashup
“Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?”-Alfred, Lord Tennyson (died 6 October 1892)
Circa 1932: Carole Lombard (born 6 October 1908)
Voices from the Grave: Anne Sexton Reading ‘Wanting to Die’
Poet Anne Sexton died 40 years ago today. In remembrance, here’s a clip of her reading Wanting to Die.
[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: Pierre Bonnard/Thomas Wolfe
“Man is born to live, to suffer, and to die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this in the final end. But we must deny it all along the way.”-Thomas Wolfe (born 3 October 1900)
Pierre Bonnard (born 3 October 1867): Self-Portrait, circa 1889
[Book Nerd News] Long-Lost Silent Sherlock Holmes Movie is Found
Long-Lost Silent Sherlock Holmes Movie is Found [courtesy The Hollywood Reporter]
This is terribly exciting news for fans of literature, theatre, and silent cinema.
An advert for William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes, 1916
Let’s Celebrate the Late Truman Capote’s 90th Birthday with This Fab Print
Truman Capote Print by 5 or Six Talents. $5.00
Writers Writing: Frances Marion, 1918
Frances Marion in Photoplay, 1918:
Frances Marion, “caught” in the act of writing.
[Alternative Muses] Two for the Road: Erich Maria Remarque/Mary Astor Mashup
“Life is a disease, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying-a little shove toward the end.”-Erich Maria Remarque (died on 25 September 1970)
Stars of the Photoplay, 1924: Mary Astor (died on 25 September 1987)
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