“If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.”-Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau, 1923. (Died 11 October 1963).
Goodbye, Cocteau!
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[Book Nerd Links] M Train, Blue Highways, and an Animated Virginia Woolf
- Patti Smith Talks Fame, Youth, and Her New Memoir, M Train [VANITY FAIR]
- The Blue Highways legacy [VOX MAGAZINE]
- An Animated Introduction to Virginia Woolf [OPEN CULTURE]
I’m only sharing three links today, but they are all worthy of your time.
Literature in Art: Robin Hood by Charlotte Harding
Robin Hood by Charlotte Harding, circa 1903.
Literature in Art: Ophelia by John William Waterhouse, 1910
Ophelia by John William Waterhouse, 1910.
Three Quotes from Wallace Stevens in Honor of His Birthday
Poet Wallace Stevens was born on 2 October 1879.
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“It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.”
“One must read poetry with one’s nerves.”
“Throw away the light, the definitions, and say what you see in the dark.”
1 October 1985: E.B. White
E.B. White died on 1 October 1985:
E.B. White, whilst at Cornell University
“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.”-E.B. White
[Book Nerd Links] The Map of Literary Genres Every Book Nerd Needs
The Map of Literary Genres Every Book Nerd Needs [HUFFPOST BOOKS]
These are glorious!
[Book Nerd Art] Launcelot and Guinevere
“He rode his way with the Queen unto Joyous Gard.”
N.C. Wyeth illustration of Launcelot and Guinevere from The Boy’s King Arthur. 1922.
| The Boy’s King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory’s History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Edited for Boys by Sidney Lanier (New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922.) |
Celebrate Miguel de Cervantes’ Birthday with This Google Doodle
Miguel de Cervantes is believed to have been born on this day in 1547.
Miguel de Cervantes Google Doodle
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