First part of a Henry Miller interview from 1956.
Voices from the Grave #71: Henry Miller Interview
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Tag Archives: Novels
[Book Nerd News] A ‘New’ Pearl S. Buck Novel is Set for a Fall Release
It’s not everyday that a book by a long-dead Nobel Prize winner comes to light. How fascinating!
A Pearl Buck Novel, New After 4 Decades [courtesy The New York Times]
Pearl S. Buck, circa 1932
[Book Nerd Links] Three Delightful Links to Start Your Day Off Right
- Children’s Author Bernard Waber Dies at 91 [courtesy Huff Post Books]
- 24 Classic Books’ Original Titles [courtesy Huff Post Books]
- Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
Hey There, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, You Natty Gent! It’s Your Birthday!
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on this day in 1859. In addition to being a physician and wildly famous author, he was quite the fashion plate.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890.
QUOTE: “I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.”
SOME WORKS: The Sherlock Holmes books; The Stark Munro Letters; The Maracot Deep; The Lost World; dozens of short stories.
A KEEPSAKE:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle print by Pemberley Pond. $19.92
The Dead Writers Round-Up: May 18th-20th
- Nathaniel Hawthorne died on 5/18/1864. “No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true.” (The Scarlet Letter; The House of the Seven Gables; The Blithedale Romance; Twice-Told Tales)
- George Meredith died on 5/18/1909. “There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.” (The Adventures of Harry Richmond; Diana of the Crossways; Modern Love)
- William Saroyan died on 5/18/1981. “No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend, and there are many more of these than one would expect.” (The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze; The Human Comedy; The Time of Your Life)
- James Boswell died on 5/19/1795. “I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.” (The Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides; Life of Samuel Johnson) Continue reading
[Book Nerd Art] Gentle Julia by Booth Tarkington
The frontispiece from Gentle Julia by Booth Tarkington. 1922. Illustrated by: C. Allan Gilbert and Worth Brehm.
Frontispiece of Gentle Julia by Booth Tarkington
[Book Nerd Links] Two Links, Two Links in One
Daily Rituals of Famous Authors [courtesy Huff Post Books]
Famous Authors’ Handwritten Outlines for Great Works of Literature [courtesy Flavorwire]
Voices from the Grave #69: An Extract from ‘The Make Believe World of Daphne du Maurier’
An extract from The Make Believe World of Daphne du Maurier.
FYI-Daphne du Maurier was born 106 years ago today!
[Book Nerd Finds] Ain’t No Party Like a Gatsby Party T-Shirt
Ain’t no party like a Gatsby party T-shirt [courtesy Skreened]
Ain’t no party like a Gatsby party T-shirt. $24.99. Image courtesy Skreened.
A Year in Books/Day 230: Lonelyhearts The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney
- Title: Lonelyhearts The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney
- Author: Marion Meade
- Year Published: 2010 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Year Purchased: 2013
- Source: Half Price Books
- About: He was a commercially neglected writer with celebrity friends. As the inspiration for My Sister Eileen, she was mildly famous for being mildly famous. Continue reading
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