William Styron Quote
William Styron on Great Books
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Tag Archives: Reading
Books in Art: Harper’s, June 1896
Harper’s, June 1896 Cover by Edward Penfield
It’s Your Birthday, Thomas Mann!
German writer Thomas Mann was born on 6 June 1875. Here he is as a young man with an exceptionally fine mustache:
A Young Thomas Mann
[Book Nerd Links] Hardy, Ginsberg, Whitman, and Reading Nooks
- Thomas Hardy’s Letters Will Ruin Your Day [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- An Illustrated Guide to Ginsberg’s Delightful Poem on Walt Whitman [SIGNATURE]
- 20 Beautiful Reading Nook Designs for Cozy Bookishness [FLAVORWIRE]
Daily Diversion #325: Schiller Surveys His Domain
The statue of Friedrich Schiller at his namesake park in Columbus:
Herr Schiller surveying his domain
Herr Schiller
Music/Book: No Wave/Art on the Block
The other day, through complete happenstance, I found myself listening to/reading the perfect music/book combo. I’ve never consciously attempted to so harmoniously blend the two before, but I’ll definitely do so in the future.
Book: Art on the Block: Tracking the New York Art World from SoHo to the Bowery, Bushwick and Beyond by Ann Fensterstock
Music:
No Wave
Dah-lings! Reel Infatuation Blogathon Coming Soon
It’s almost here! Please join us.
Image: Rebloggy
Whee! The Reel Infatuation blogathon will be here in a couple of weeks!
This is a blogathon where we dish about our secret (or not-so-secret) film or book character crushes – past or present. Click HERE for the original announcement and list of participants.
If you, like us, have trouble picking one fictional character, you can choose two or three!
We’d love to hear your choice in the comments below.
See you June 13-17!
Shakespeare in the Park
It’s that time of year again…
Shakespeare in the Park
Theodore Roethke on the Damage of Haste
Theodore Roethke Quote
Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero!
English actor and playwright (The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Trelawny of the ‘Wells’, The Enchanted Cottage*) Sir Arthur Wing Pinero was born on 24 May 1855:
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, 1910
*As a teenager, I was straight up obsessed with the 1945 film adaptation of The Enchanted Cottage, starring Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire. It practically gave me life for a few years. This was *totally normal* for a teen in the late eighties/early nineties, right?
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