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book-aesthete: Three Women Sylvia Plath. Turret Books,...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:53:37 -0500

Three Women
Sylvia Plath. Turret Books, 1968.

First edition, one of 180 copies, frontispiece and one other woodcut illustration, original cloth, 4to.
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FIRST VOICE:
I am slow as the world. I am very patient,
Turning through my time, the suns and stars
Regarding me with attention.
The moon’s concern is more personal:
She passes and repasses, luminous as a nurse.
Is she sorry for what will happen? I do not think so.
She is simply astonished at fertility.

When I walk out, I am a great event.
I do not have to think, or even rehearse.
What happens in me will happen without attention.
The pheasant stands on the hill;
He is arranging his brown feathers.
I cannot help smiling at what it is I know.
Leaves and petals attend me. I am ready.
-First two stanzas

Happy birthday to Dickens.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:08:33 -0500

Happy birthday to Dickens.

therealholdencaulfield: “He was his own man, and I always found...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:13:09 -0500

therealholdencaulfield:

“He was his own man, and I always found him to be grateful for his own inventions, the books that made it financially possible for him to live as he wished. There was not a false note in what he said or did. It came unforgettably entwined with his original humor. He was incapable of duplicity. That strong character of his—unique in my experience—was significant and instructive to me. Its influence did not end with his death.”

— Lillian Ross on J.D. Salinger, The New Yorker, February 2, 2012

thelifeguardlibrarian: Miniature Brownstone Library Coming To...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:07:00 -0500

thelifeguardlibrarian:

Miniature Brownstone Library Coming To Brooklyn

The Most Dangerous Novels

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:11:05 -0500

The Most Dangerous Novels

bookmania: Kafka, F., Das Schloss (The Castle)....

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:59:06 -0500

bookmania:

Kafka, F., Das Schloss (The Castle). (via kettererkunst)

Read the full text HERE.

Amazon's Hit Man

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:51:54 -0500

Amazon's Hit Man: Industries are changing these days, we all know that. The industrial niche known...

nprfreshair: Last night: Maurice Sendak on Colbert Pt. 1 Last...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:57:02 -0500

nprfreshair:

Last night: Maurice Sendak on Colbert Pt. 1

Last September: Maurice Sendak on Fresh Air

Last June: Stephen Colbert on Fresh Air

Tonight: Terry Gross and Maurice Sendak (Pt 2) on Colbert (~~possibly~~ probably not also featuring Vin Diesel)

I don’t care if it’s a joke, I’m still willing to bet money that this book is better than the sequel to The Graduate

heyoscarwilde: classic author portraits illustrated by Meghan...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:06:00 -0500

heyoscarwilde:

classic author portraits

illustrated by Meghan Murphy (Tumblr) :: via murphypop.com

arsenalvisual: The grid behind a Penguin book cover.

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:21:06 -0500

arsenalvisual:

The grid behind a Penguin book cover.

pelz: Martian Chronicles, The by DEM’s Book Shelves on Flickr.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:23:46 -0500

pelz:

Martian Chronicles, The by DEM’s Book Shelves on Flickr.

The Cartoons of Flannery O’Connor Who knew one of my...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:56:00 -0500

The Cartoons of Flannery O’Connor

Who knew one of my favorite southern novelists was also a cartoonist?! I guess I would have had I bothered to read The Guardian this past July…

Flavorwire also posted a large selection of them.

Did you know G.W.F. Hegel’s great-great-great-grandson is...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:24:00 -0500

Did you know G.W.F. Hegel’s great-great-great-grandson is a pioneer of the cyberpunk literary movement? If you’d like to read Rudy Rucker’s entire Ware Tetralogy, he’s got a full downloadable version here:

http://www.rudyrucker.com/wares/rucker_ware_tetralogy_cc2010.pdf

latestcoolthing: Philip K. Dick’s Natal Chart. Happy B day...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:30:43 -0500

latestcoolthing:

Philip K. Dick’s Natal Chart.

Happy B day PKD! Long may your words live.

“Therefore, you are certainly a passionate man who is on the lookout for any kind of action or revolutionary idea, and you are keen on new things. Uranians are never predictable, and it is especially when they are believed to be stable and well settled that… they change everything - their life, partner, and job! In fact, you are allergic to any kind of routine, although avoiding it must give way to many risks.”

Click for rest of the text…

Huckleberry Finn Robot Edition Trailer [via Buzzfeed]

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:23:43 -0500

Huckleberry Finn Robot Edition Trailer

[via Buzzfeed]

10 Satirical Novels that Could Teach You To Survive the Future

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:46:00 -0500

10 Satirical Novels that Could Teach You To Survive the Future

NY Times Best Books of 2011

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:10:00 -0500

NY Times Best Books of 2011: nypl: We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to bring you the...

mudwerks: W.B. Yeats (by National Library of Ireland on The...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:03:24 -0500

mudwerks:

W.B. Yeats (by National Library of Ireland on The Commons)

This photo was taken when poet William Butler Yeats was 58.

We have an ongoing exhibition celebrating the Life and Works of William Butler Yeats here in Dublin, but for those of you who are far, far away, it’s also online…

Date: 1923

Wow(!), the online exhibition is really impressive.

thelifeguardlibrarian: The Year in Books: Literati recommend...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:39:00 -0500

thelifeguardlibrarian:

The Year in Books: Literati recommend their favorite books of 2011

Favorites recommend their favorites.

Brautigan.

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:52:00 -0500

Brautigan.