Happy birthday, Samuel Johnson! He was born on 18 September 1709.
Samuel Johnson by Evert A. Duycknick, 1873
Writers in Art: Samuel Johnson by Evert A. Duycknick
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Tag Archives: Dead Writers
[Book Nerd Links] Three Links for Thursday Morning
- Edward Gorey’s Vintage Paperback Covers for Doubleday Anchor [courtesy Flavorwire]
- Writing Advice from D.H. Lawrence at Twenty-One [courtesy The Paris Review]
- Why Are Fairy Tales Universally Appealing? [courtesy Huff Post Books]
Daily Diversion #229: Change Lobsters-and Dance
My morning read:
Change Lobsters-and Dance by Lilli Palmer
[Book Nerd Links] The Daily Rituals of Famous Writers
The Daily Rituals of Famous Writers [courtesy ShortList]
It’s quite interesting, although I could do without the judgmental tone about the de Beauvoir-Sartre relationship.
Celebrate Tolstoy’s 186th Birthday with These Google Doodles
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Edith Sitwell Quote
Voices from the Grave #78: Edith Sitwell Interview
The fascinating Edith Sitwell on Face to Face, 1959:
Hey, Edith, It’s Your Birthday!
7 September 1887:
Edith Sitwell
[Book Nerd Art] A Roman Singer by F. Marion Crawford, 1884
The cover of A Roman Singer by F. Marion Crawford, 1884:
Cover of A Roman Singer by F. Marion Crawford, 1884
Happy Birthday, Sarah Orne Jewett!
Sarah Orne Jewett ( author of The Country of the Pointed Firs) was born on 3 September 1849:
The writer in 1894. “Tact is after all a kind of mind-reading.”
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