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- An Illustrated Guide to Ginsberg’s Delightful Poem on Walt Whitman [SIGNATURE]
- 20 Beautiful Reading Nook Designs for Cozy Bookishness [FLAVORWIRE]
Tag Archives: Writers
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
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!
[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: Edmond de Goncourt/Dorothea Lange
“History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.”-Writer Edmond de Goncourt (born 26 May 1822)
All photos taken by Dorothea Lange (born 26 May 1895) during The Great Depression
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?
Happy Birthday, Margaret Wise Brown!
Children’s author Margaret Wise Brown was born on 23 May 1910. She is best known for the books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny.

Margaret Wise Brown. Brooklyn Museum.
What Are You Reading in May?
What is on your reading list this month?
Do your reading habits change with the seasons, or are you always equal opportunity?
I’ve kind of been all over the place this month, reading wise, which is pretty typical of me.
Since 1st May, I’ve finished:
- M Train by Patti Smith
- Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction by Cathy Whitlock
- The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd by Michelle Morgan
- Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered by Dianne Hales
I’m in the midst of reading:
- Spencer Tracy: A Biography by James Curtis
- Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style by Cintra Wilson
To be finished by 31st May:
- Art on the Block: Tracking the New York Art World from SoHo to the Bowery, Bushwick and Beyond by Ann Fensterstock
- I’ll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist by Betty Halbreich with Rebecca Paley
- Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters Edited by Bill Morgan and David Stanford
What is your favourite book this month?
Which book on your list do you most look forward to reading?
Please share with me in the comments.
Happy reading!
Victor Hugo Quote

Victor Hugo Quote
Truman Capote: Inner Music
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.”-Truman Capote





