The real Oscar Wilde, to be used as a supplement to, and in illustration of "The life of Oscar Wilde".: With numerous unpublished letters, facsims., ports and illus.
Book Soup Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Not one, but two Alan Moore books dealing with eroticism in 2009! Alan Moore has never been a writer afraid of confronting taboo subjects in his projects. He takes great delight in serving up graphic material, but never to be simply gratuitous and shocking. Moore sees art in the erotic where many simply can't (religious types) or refuse not to (religious types). He has more in common with, say, a...
Wired Space (Free subscription) | yesterday
Arthur C. Clarke, Neil Gaiman and other writers changed our world by putting their own visions down on the page. The favor gets returned when comics pros train their inks and brushes on literary legends for web gallery Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time!!
Book Nut (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
I've decided to join a couple for next year. (So far.) And, since I've got a minute (ha!), I thought I'd write them down. First up, is Amanda from The Zen Leaf 's GLBT Challenge . Basic rules: The basic idea of this challenge is to read books about GLBT topics and/or by GLBT authors. The challenge runs year-round, and there will be three levels of participation: Lambda Level: Read 4 books. Pink Triangle...
...by Henry Sene Yee Design (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
by Raj Patel // A Picador Paperback Original "A deeply thought-provoking book about the dramatic changes we must make to save the planet from financial madness." —Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine Opening with Oscar Wilde's observation that "nowadays, people know the price of everything and the value of nothing," Patel shows how our faith in prices as a way of valuing...
The Inkwell Bookstore Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
December means holidays! Holidays mean gifts! Gifts mean otherwise avoidable stress-related illnesses, as good gift ideas inevitably dry up the closer you get to your pagan festival of choice. Ah, but fear not! Cuz from now until the end of the month, we'll be highlighting some prime prose-related presents for the bookish folks on your shopping list. As for the non-bookish folks...well, they get spam-laden...
Modern Americans (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
This spring, poets Jamalieh Haley and Donald Dunbar launched a new reading series, If Not For Kidnap Poetry , in their home near Reed College. November’s installment brought David Wolach down from Evergreen State to read with local hero of a year now, Jen Coleman . I love house readings of any stripe, and Jamalieh and Donald’s was pretty much the quintessence of the genre, with PBR boxes...
Marc Valdez Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
In the print edition of the Davis Enterprise, the subtitle of Derrick Bang's review of John Hillcoat's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" proclaimed that the movie "served no useful purpose." That made me laugh! What did Oscar Wilde say': The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it immensely. All art is useless.
Fantasy Ink (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Here is a great blog called Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time! It features someone's personal collection of drawings by comic book artists interpreting their favorite authors or literary characters. via One of my favorites is George Pratt's rendition of the poet Wilfred Owen :
Open a Bookshop, what could possibly go wrong? (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
We're slowly climbing up the chart and today we creep into the Top 40. So without further ado here are the next ten most popular books as voted for by you 40. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 39. The Bone People by Keri Hulme Not many people know of this book and the few i do know, haven't really enjoyed it, but for some reason, i loved it. It just spoke to me. I wish...
Secret Society of List Addicts (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Though Alexandra is neither a unicorn nor a socialist, she writes a fantastic blog with the name of Unicorns for Socialism . She loves Target's accessory isle, peanut butter flavored breakfast cereal and tiny packets of real creamer, resting in dishes of ice cubes. I'm an out-and-proud gay lady, but that doesn't mean I'm utterly oblivious to the swarthy charms of the burlier sex ... although it's...
No colo do meu avô... (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
"A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body." André Maurois "The past is not a package one can lay away." Emily Dickinson "The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it." Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Miranda Seymour enjoys a detailed insight into the daunting life of a Victorian hostess Gertrude Tennant, a centenarian born in 1818, was one of those formidable 19th-century hostesses whose names surface today primarily due to their unremarkable encounters with other, more eminent, Victorians. Heavy-browed and scornful-eyed, her chin supported by one of those lace swaddling bands favoured by dowagers...
AUS style (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A shipment of some rather hipster books I ordered arrived on my doorstep yesterday. The first is Lesley Arfin's Dear Diary which, after reading a review about in either Russh Or Yen ages ago, I have been meaning to get my hands on. I don't enjoy Lesley's column for Russh immensely but I'm quite sure her life 'experience' as documented in this book should be interesting enough. Lesley lives in Brooklyn...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
British playwright Joe Orton was one of those artistic comets who blaze brightly but briefly across the theatrical sky. With just a handful of plays from the mid 1960s, Orton hit with a savagely anarchic view of sexuality and morals. What outraged and delighted London during Orton's short life (he died in 1967 at age 34) has endured, with the plays receiving regular revivals. B Street Theatre's delectable...
I'll have one more, and then I'll go... (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
When insult had a class... : " These insults are from an era before the English language boiled down to 4-letter words. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway). 'Poor Faulkner. Does he really...
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knmurthy | 07/25/2009
Friendship Day celebrations take place on the first Sunday of August every year. The tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in US in 1935. Gradually the festival gained popularity and today Friendship Day is celebrated in large number of countries including India. On this day people spend time with their friends and express love for them. Exchange of Friendship Day Gifts like flowers,...
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