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Shopping for the Bookworm: The Return of Poe Edition
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”-Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe Hipster (Sunglasses) Art Print Poster by Cool Poster. $16.47
Edgar Allan Poe Eye Chart by The Pressing Pigeon. $8.99
Poe, Edgar Allan (died on this day in 1849)
Edgar Allan Poe died on 7 October 1849.
Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave, Baltimore.
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”-Edgar Allan Poe
[Book Nerd News] The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum Reopened Yesterday
Great news for book nerds!
Edgar Allan Poe’s house reopens [courtesy THE BALTIMORE SUN]
Writers Writing: Frederick Philip Grove
Frederick Philip Grove, 1921-1922.
Frederick Philip Grove, 1921-1922
Autumn Weather, Where Are You?
Why doesn’t the landscape look like this yet? It is October, after all. Where are the jewel toned leaves carried on hearty, smoke-scented breezes?
Lane at Alchamps, Arles, Paul Gauguin, 1888.
I’m ready for hot cider and Thomas Hardy, fingerless gloves and Sylvia Plath. Please cooperate, Mother Nature, before winter scoots in and steals away autumn’s cloaked light and quiet beauty.
Links, Links, Links
- The Literary World’s Most Fascinating Dandies, Past and Present [courtesy FLAVORWIRE]
- An Annotated Guide to 15 of David Bowie’s Favorite Books [courtesy FLAVORWIRE]
- From Homer to Orwell: David Bowie’s 100 favourite books revealed [courtesy THE INDEPENDENT]
- Penguin Horror Series: Under the Covers [courtesy HUFF POST BOOKS]
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“Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of a writer’s own life.”-Eudora Welty
[Alternative Muses] Coming and Going: T.S. Eliot/Edgar Degas Mashup
“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.”-T.S. Eliot (born on 9/26/1888)
Edgar Degas (died on 9/27/1917): The Millinery Shop, 1879/86. Art Institute of Chicago.
A Selection of Quotes from Frequently Banned Books, Part Two
- “A little morphine in all the air. It would be wonderfully refreshing for everyone.”-Lady Chatterley’s Lover, D.H. Lawrence
- “I have found God, but he is insufficient.”-Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller
- “Confusion hath fuck his masterpiece.”-Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
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