Still no functioning Internet connection, thanks to ye olde goblins. Here’s a pile of books waiting to be reviewed upon its return.
Daily Diversion #121: Book Review Queue
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“The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn’t thought about. At that moment he’s alive and you leave it to him.”-Graham Greene
The Dead Writers Round-Up: April 17th-19th
- Marie de Sévigné died on 4/17/1696. “The desire to be singular and to astonish by ways out of the common seems to me to be the source of many virtues.” (A voluminous correspondence, via letters to her daughter)
- Isak Dinesen was born on 4/17/1885. “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.” (Seven Gothic Tales; Out of Africa; Anecdotes of Destiny)
- Thornton Wilder was born on 4/17/1897. “Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?” (The Long Christmas Dinner; Our Town; The Merchant of Yonkers; The Skin of Our Teeth; The Matchmaker; The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Ides of March; The Eighth Day) Continue reading
[Book Nerd Links] Sylvia Plath’s New York
Sylvia Plath’s New York [courtesy HUFF POST BOOKS]
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Voices from the Grave #67: Gertrude Stein Home Movie
There are no voices here, just 86-year-old moving images. A frayed, preserved receipt from a beautiful and warm world long gone. Memories turned to history.
Shopping for the Bookworm: de Beauvoir/Sartre Edition
Simone de Beauvoir quote throw pillow by Wednesday’s Child Is. $22.00
Simone de Beauvoir Earrings by Cats Brass. $24.95
Jean-Paul Sartre quote card by being and everythingness. $4.74
Hell is other people bumper sticker by Bookish Stickers. $3.00
Daily Diversion #117: Alone Again, Naturally
This morning, I woke up next to our warm dogs in a cold bed. The Chef is back in Indiana. What could ever offer me appropriate solace? Why, a book on George Bernard Shaw and a hot cup of tea!
Shaw and Tea to the Rescue
“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”
The Dead Writers Round-Up: April 13th-15th
- Jean de La Fontaine died on 4/13/1695. “Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.” (Fables)
- Sameul Beckett was born on 4/13/1906. “James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can.” (More Pricks than Kicks; Murphy; Waiting for Godot; Endgame; Molloy; Ohio Impromptu) Continue reading
A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books Late Spring 2013
“So many books, so little time.”-Frank Zappa Continue reading
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 