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?
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?
31-Day Blog Challenge, #30 WHERE HAVE YOU TRAVELED Oh, it’s almost a Roy Batty moment, this. “I’ve… seen things you people wouldn’t believe… All those… moments… will be lost in…Continue readingMy Roy Batty moment
Some books are slightly more ‘guilty pleasure’ than ‘classic literature’, Buzzfeed says, and offers 30 examples. Well, a lot more actually since so many of them are series. The Princess…Continue readingCan ‘Guilty Pleasure’ books be awesome?