A story about the wives of seldom-home whalers and their dildos, aka “he’s-at-homes” “On Nantucket, 80-year-old Connie Congdon and I sat in her living room looking at the 120-year-old plaster…Continue readingA Dildo in Nantucket
behance.vo.llnwd.net Where the Wild Things Are A 2-part jack o’lantern of a beloved children’s book. (Carved by Maniac Pumpkin Carvers) 18 Literary Pumpkins for creative carvers Celebrate Halloween and literature…Continue readingA Bookish Halloween
Some last lines have the power to disrupt the course of an entire story, shaking up our expectations, the Huffington Post tells us. Others leave us hanging, and still others…Continue readingWhat’s your favorite last line?
Maria Popova has assembled famous definitions of love from 400 years of literary history in a Brain Pickings article just in time for Valentine’s Day. They range from the profoundly…Continue readingDo you know what love is?