Brief stock footage clip of James Joyce in Paris, 1922. He doesn’t talk, but it is still fascinating!
Voices from the Grave #75: James Joyce in Paris, 1922
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A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books Early Fall 2013
“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.”-C.S. Lewis
- The Medieval World at War Matthew Bennett, ed.
- The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the West by Christopher Corbett
- Alger Hiss: Why He Chose Treason by Christina Shelton
- “Something Urgent I Have to Say to You”: The Life and Works of William Carlos Williams by Herbert Leibowitz
- The Cheaper The Crook, The Gaudier the Patter: Forgotten Hipster Lines, Tough Guy Talk, and Jive Gems by Alan Axelrod Continue reading
Writers Writing: L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum, 1911.
L. Frank Baum writing, circa 1911
[Book Nerd Links] Penguin Paperback Evolution
A Visual History of the Evolution of the Penguin Paperback [courtesy New Republic]
My love of all things Penguin is well-known, but this is an interesting tour of its history.
[Alternative Muses] Writerly Style: Françoise Sagan
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.”-Yves Saint Laurent
Françoise Sagan was the ultimate cool girl writer. If you believe that style should be effortless and detached, then she is your muse. Even today, a wardrobe like hers can take you almost anywhere, and anywhere it can’t you probably don’t want to go.
The writer looking brilliantly modern. Oh, that skirt! That shirt! That hair!
Her uncomplicated look remains fresh more than five decades later. Who needs nail varnish and lipstick when you can look like this? She is proof that decadent lives do not need visible gilding. Continue reading
[Book Nerd Links] Ten Amazing Cheeses and Their Literary Counterparts
Cheese Reads: Ten Amazing Cheeses and Their Literary Counterparts [courtesy The Airship]
This is…different, and mouth-watering. Thoughts?
Voices from the Grave #73: Ian Fleming on Naming James Bond
Ian Fleming on naming James Bond.
[Book Nerd Links] Dysfunctional Families in Literature
Dysfunctional Families in Literature [courtesy Huff Post Books]
What are your thoughts?
[Book Nerd Links] 10 Great Books Starring Cats
10 Great Books Starring Cats [courtesy Flavorwire]
Did your favourite literary cat make the cut?
Writers in Art: Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev
Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev, 1923.
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