…I read Chekhov.’ Reading Chekhov for a few minutes makes you better at decoding what other people are feeling. But scientists say that spending the same amount of time with…Continue reading‘I know how you’re feeling…
Take the quiz and find out. You may know these famous authors by their words…but how well do you know their faces? BuzzFeed wants to know. Author quiz —–…Continue readingWho is this author?
Everyone knows about the Important Literary Places, Emily Temple says in Flavorwire, like the authors’ graves and childhood homes that abound in guidebooks and popular knowledge. But the weirder literary…Continue readingBizarre literary landmarks you must see
10 Bizarre Literary Myths and Conspiracy Theories There are people who spend years trying to prove certain literary myths and conspiracy theories, Jason Diamond writes in Flavorwire, but most never…Continue readingBalzac drank 50 cups of coffee a day?
Perhaps it’s just the mindset in the aftermath of death, but I’ve been sifting through documents and photographs in the wake of my father’s passing and it suddenly seems to…Continue readingOld Things and Other Lifetimes
In The Chronicle Review, Corey Robin wrote: ‘Any idiot can survive a crisis,’ my wife said, ‘it’s the day-to-day living that wears you out.’ I looked at her, puzzled. ‘Chekhov,’…Continue readingWho Really Said That?
Including, be still my heart. Alan Rickman reciting Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130. I could listen to this man read a phone directory or a laundry list to me for an hour,…Continue readingFamous Men Reading Famous Poetry
31-Day Blog Challenge — THE END People take to blogging for different reasons at different times in their cyberlives. Sometimes the blog evolves with the person; sometimes the blog stops…Continue readingWhy do I blog?
Libraries are seen as fortresses protecting us from ignorance. In Doctor Who there ia a planet-sized library, a whole world devoted to the storage of ideas and history, which seems…Continue readingOf what use is a library?