Too often, celebrities get attention for bad behavior so I thought I’d give a nod to celebrities who have exhibited good behavior and picked up a book.
I have long since noticed the abundance of beards among fantasy/sci-fi authors, and after a bit of follicular research I compiled a list of the five of the best and bushiest among them.
Scottish painter John Pettie worked for many years as a book illustrator, so it should come as no surprise that he would get inspiration from a literary source for his paintings.
This morning, I was flipping through a Lewis Carroll collection while getting ready for work when I came across the poem “Only a Woman’s Hair”.
This week’s poem is “Written in Disgust of Vulgar Superstition” by John Keats.
With another film version of Les Mis in production (possibly in possibly 3-D, sigh), the time seemed right to pay homage to the source material, the classic novel Les Misérables.
In 2008, The Killers released their third studio album, Day and Age, and with it, the first single, “Human”.
In 1969, Salvador Dali illustrated an edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland
While preparing to move, an area of packing that has caused me to pause is the issue of my generous-sized book collection.
One of my favorite novels is featured in one of my favorite comic strips? Yes, please!
“A Girl” is perhaps Ezra Pound’s most famous poem, and there is good reason for that.
