Under a Lamp (Lev Tolstoy in the Family Circle) by Leonid Pasternak, 1902.
Under a Lamp by Leonid Pasternak, 1902
Writers in Art: Leo Tolstoy
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Category Archives: Dead Writers
[Alternative Muses] Coming and Going: Bret Harte/Truman Capote Mashup
Bret Harte was born on 8/25/1836.
Bret Harte, 1862.
“If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, ‘It might have been,’/More sad are these we daily see: ‘It is, but hadn’t ought to be.”-Bret Harte
Truman Capote died on 8/25/1984.
Truman Capote, 1959, by Roger Higgins.
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”-Truman Capote
[Book Nerd News] Elmore Leonard is Dead!
Elmore Leonard Dead: Famed American Novelist Dies At Age 87 [courtesy HUFF POST BOOKS]
Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87 [courtesy THE NEW YORK TIMES]
Elmore Leonard dies at 87; master of the hard-boiled crime novel [courtesy LOS ANGELES TIMES]
Voices from the Grave #75: James Joyce in Paris, 1922
Brief stock footage clip of James Joyce in Paris, 1922. He doesn’t talk, but it is still fascinating!
Writers Writing: L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum, 1911.
L. Frank Baum writing, circa 1911
Hemingway Being Hemingway
Hemingway in Key West
[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: John French Sloan/James Baldwin
Red Kimono on the Roof, 1912, by John French Sloan (born 2 August 1871).
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”-James Baldwin (born 2 August 1924)
[Book Nerd Links] Hemingway Look-Alikes
Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Is The Best Thing You’ll See All Day [courtesy HUFF POST BOOKS]
I agree! These men have the Hemingway Grumpy Face down solid.
Happy Birthday, Miss (Emily) Brontë!
The creator of Wuthering Heights, and some truly fabulous poetry, was born on 30 July 1818. She was the weird sister, and for that I love her even more.
Emily Brontë by Branwell Brontë
A QUOTE: “If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn’t love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.”-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
SOME WORKS: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell; Wuthering Heights
A KEEPSAKE:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë at Cynthia’s Attic. $24.00
It’s His Birthday, but Hilaire Belloc is Not Amused
Hilaire Belloc was born on July 27, 1870.
Hilaire Belloc
QUOTE: “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.”
SOME WORKS: The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts; Sussex; The Historic Thames; Marie Antoinette; The Servile State; Mr. Belloc Still Objects
A KEEPSAKE:
Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Verses at Vintage in Michigan. $15.00
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