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[Podcast Appearance] AntmanVs Austen House Books

Posted on February 7, 2023 by maedez

I hope the new year has been treating you well. I’ve been keeping busy with book research and running my online bookstore. Last week, I took a morning off to make an appearance on the AntmanVs podcast. It was super fun. Details are at the link!

[Podcast Appearance] AntmanVs Austen House Books

[BOOK NERD LINKS] MUSIC BOOKS, TED BERRIGAN, WWI, AND TRANS & NONBINARY AUTHORS

Posted on June 18, 2022 by maedez

12 MUSIC BOOKS THAT WILL ADD SOME COOL TO YOUR SUMMER [NO DEPRESSION]
THE SIXTIES DIARIES [THE PARIS REVIEW]
‘THE FACEMAKER’ PROFILES THE BRITISH SURGEON WHO TREATED WWI’S DISFIGURED SOLDIERS [NPR]
12 BOOKS BY UP-AND-COMING TRANS AND NONBINARY AUTHORS [BOOK RIOT]

[Book Nerd News] Cleary, Dostoevsky, Krasner

Posted on March 28, 2021 by maedez

Children’s Author Beverly Cleary, Creator of Ramona Quimby, Dies at 104 [NPR]
When Dostoevsky Hit the St. Petersburg Literary Scene [LIT HUB]
Lee Krasner’s Elegant Destructions [THE PARIS REVIEW]

[Book Nerd Links] Newspaper Row, Diane di Prima, Black Playwrights, and The Go-Go’s

Posted on November 16, 2020 by maedez

The Ghosts of Newspaper Row [THE PARIS REVIEW]
Diane di Prima, Beat Poet and Activist, Dead at 86 [NPR]
40 Black playwrights on the theater industry’s insidious racism [LOS ANGELES TIMES]
How the Go-Go’s Found Their Beat: An Oral History [VOGUE]

[Book Nerd Links] Wanda Coleman, Robin DiAngelo, Movies About Authors, Queer Poets, Caspar David Friedrich

Posted on June 22, 2020 by maedez

The Wicked Candor of Wanda Coleman [THE PARIS REVIEW]
‘Interrupt The Systems’: Robin DiAngelo On ‘White Fragility’ And Anti-Racism [NPR]
13 Movies About Authors [BOOK RIOT]
4 Exceptional Queer Poets For Your Pride Reading [BOOK RIOT]
Painting of the Week: Caspar David Friedrich, Abbey in the Oakwood [DAILY ART MAGAZINE]

[Book Nerd Links] Jane Austen’s Emma, Baby Peggy, Emily Dickinson, Pittsburgh, and Paris

Posted on February 29, 2020 by maedez

Emma Takes Place in a Bright Georgian Dollhouse [ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST]
Baby Peggy, Child Star of Silent Films, Dies at 101 [THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]
Emily Dickinson’s White Dress [THE PARIS REVIEW]
Pittsburgh Literary Anthology Centers Stories Of Black Women [WESA]
On the trail of African American artists and writers in Paris [CNN]

Baby Peggy (April 1922).

[Book Nerd Links] Black Mountain Poets, Yayoi Kusama, Poe House, and Elaine Stritch

Posted on December 5, 2019 by maedez

Redefining the Black Mountain Poets [THE PARIS REVIEW]
Entering Infinity with Yayoi Kusama [THE PARIS REVIEW]
Baltimore knows its Poe House is a treasure, but now it’s officially Maryland’s first ‘Literary Landmark’ [BALTIMORE SUN]
Elaine Stritch’s Never-Ending Search to Get Her Due [LIT HUB]

Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum (Baltimore, Maryland).

[Book Nerd Links] Ovid, Le Guin, and The Rabbit Queen

Posted on November 21, 2019 by maedez

On Rediscovering the Natural World Through Ovid [LIT HUB]
Le Guin’s Subversive Imagination [THE PARIS REVIEW]
‘Mary Toft; Or, The Rabbit Queen’ Asks Big Questions About Little Animals [NPR]

[Book Nerd Links] The Chelsea Hotel, East Germany, Kurt Vonnegut, and Movie Musicals

Posted on November 11, 2019 by maedez

Inside the Last Occupied Apartments of the Chelsea Hotel [THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE]
Reading Beyond the Wall: 7 Acclaimed Books About and From East Germany [LIT HUB]
Kurt Vonnegut’s Advice for the Impatient Writer [LIT HUB]
‘The Movie Musical!’ Is A Symphony In Praise Of The ‘Razzmatazz’ Of The Genre [NPR]

[Book Nerd Links] Shirley Jackson, Charles Addams, Ellen Bromfield Geld, and Joan of Arc

Posted on November 1, 2019 by maedez

Cooking with Shirley Jackson [THE PARIS REVIEW]
Charles Addams: The Long Island Macabre Master Who Created The Addams Family [LONG ISLAND PRESS]
Ellen Bromfield Geld, youngest daughter of Louis Bromfield, dies at 87 [MANSFIELD NEWS JOURNAL]
Book Excerpt: ‘Joan of Arc’ by Helen Castor [FLAVORWIRE]

R.I.P. Norman Lloyd (1914-2021)

Norman Lloyd, long a personal favorite of mine, was a fascinating man and performer. Norman Lloyd Dead [THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]

R.I.P. Geoffrey Scott

Geoffrey Scott was from a younger generation than the performers I normally write about, but his handsome presence was ubiquitous during my 1980s childhood. From Dynasty to The Love Boat, Night Court, and Battle of the Network Stars, his charisma and acting ability lit up the small screen for decades. He will be missed. Geoffrey […]

Kirk Douglas: 1916-2020

[2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon] But Baby Think of Me Once in Awhile: On Andy Travis as Television’s Best (and Hunkiest) Boss

Welcome to the 2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon! Baby, If You’ve Ever Wondered: It still seems like yesterday that the idea for RI popped in my head. It was actually in December 2015, while in a hotel room getting ready for a holiday party, when it occurred to me that there was a gap in the classic […]

Announcing the 2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon!

This is one of my favorite events of the year, and not just because I’m the co-hostess. It’s simply that good. And fun. Oh, so much fun! Here’s my original announcement. ANNOUNCING THE 2019 REEL INFATUATION BLOGATHON I hope you’ll join us!