Eternally eloquent American poet Emily Dickinson died on 15 May 1886.
Emily Dickinson as a teenager.
“Beauty is not caused. It is.”-Emily Dickinson
Goodbye, Dearest Emily!
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Category Archives: Writing
[Alternative Muses] Coming and Going: Daphne du Maurier/Gary Cooper Mashup
“We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.”-Daphne du Maurier (born on 13 May 1907), Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer
Gary Cooper (died on 13 May 1961)
Shopping for the Bookworm: A Literary Road Trip #3-Poetic Travels, Classic American-Style
In case you are just joining us: A Literary Road Trip #1-A Dream of Travel and A Literary Road Trip #2-The Beat Travels On
POETIC TRAVELS,CLASSIC AMERICAN-STYLE
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery-air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.”-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
It’s time to hit the road again. This week, we are traveling with an extra dose of hearty American vigor: mid-century style. Think laid-back glam, poetic, unforced. Casual yet calculated.
Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go!
Writing and reading whilst lounging in the front passenger seat is obligatory, and so is saving room for any possible bookish road purchases:
Roam Far & Roam Free Market Tote Bag by Belles & Ghosts. $35.00+.
The Inventor’s Pocket Notebook by Earmark. $7.00.
Anne Sexton A Self-Portrait in Letters at Pistil Books. $14.95.
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Jane Austen Quote
Shopping for the Bookworm: A is for Austen, Jane
A is for Austen, Jane:
Jane Austen Watercolor Portrait by Bluehour Studio. $18.00.
The Splendiferously Bearded Writers Social Club: George MacDonald
- Name: George MacDonald
- D/O/B: 12/10/1824
- Member Since: 1864
- Status: Charter Member
- Important Role: advice columnist for the club newsletter
- Hobbies: Mentoring Lewis Carroll; befriending some literary giants and influencing others; getting his fantasy on
George MacDonald
Writers in Art: Aphra Behn by Mary Beale
Aphra Behn by Mary Beale
Aphra Behn by Mary Beale
“Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.”-Aphra Behn
[Book Nerd Links] 8 Classic Writers Reimagined As Punk Rockers
8 Classic Writers Reimagined as Punk Rockers [courtesy BuzzFeed Books]
I love that these drawings combine two of my favourite things.
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Gregory Corso Quote
Shopping for the Bookworm: A Literary Road Trip #2-The Beat Travels On
In case you are just joining us: A Literary Road Trip #1-A Dream of Travel.
THE BEAT TRAVELS ON
“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing?-it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Where we are going: Savannah, Georgia.
Why: Because we can.
Beat. The Open Road. Boys Club. Beat the open road, boys club. Make room for the rest of us. Freedom is in our hearts, too. We’ll take your attitude, your verve, your frisson, and carve our own ragged place beneath the wide skies. Word-passionate, flung far, sun-kissed. Beat.
“The only truth is music.”-Jack Kerouac
Vintage Emerson Portable Record Player at The Gray Fedora. $65.00.
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