I was delighted (and flummoxed) to find this book in my mailbox on Friday:
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
As it turns out, it was a gift from my dear, sweet momma!
Cannot. wait. to. read. this. book.
Daily Diversion #256: A Bookish Surprise
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William Godwin Quote
[Book Nerd Links] Four Interesting Bookish Articles
- Cool Girls Do It Better: On Kim Gordon’s Juicy, Modest Memoir, ‘Girl in a Band’ [Flavorwire]
- 20 Female Harlem Renaissance Writers You Should Know [Flavorwire]
- Victor Hugo’s Drawings [The Paris Review]
- Alice Neel’s Brothers Karamazov [The Paris Review]
Writers in Art: W.B. Yeats, 1896
W.B. Yeats, my first poetic love:
Portrait of W.B. Yeats by his father John Butler Yeats, 1896
[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/Ellen Terry
“I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart.”-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (born 27 February 1807)
Ellen Terry (born 27 February 1847)
Writers in Art: Portrait of Leonid Andreyev by Ilya Repin, 1905
Portrait of Leonid Andreyev by Ilya Repin, 1905:
Portrait of Leonid Andreyev by Ilya Repin, 1905
Happy Birthday, Mr. Poet!
W.H. Auden–one of the poets who first made me love poetry–was born on 21 February 1907.
W.H. Auden
“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”-W.H. Auden (New Year Letter)
“Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation.”-W.H. Auden
Shopping for the Bookworm: E is for Eliot, George
E is for Eliot, George:
Silas Marner Pendant by Library Shortcake. $16.00
[Book Nerd Links] Literary Cliques
[Book Nerd Links] Three Articles to Read on a Cold Day
- Top 100 Most Searched-For Books of 2014 [Abe Books]
- 25 Painfully Unrequited Love Stories From Literature [Flavorwire]*
- Philip Levine, 1928-2015 [The Paris Review]
*This list is a bit broader than their headline suggests: “For your Valentine’s Day pleasure, here’s a selection of literature’s most painfully unrequited, star-crossed and thwarted romances.”
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