Good tip, Twain. Via Buzzfeed.
While this weekend marked the 50th Anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s tragic death, we celebrate her fascinating life in the visual compendium THE MARILYN ENCYCLOPEDIA by Adam Victor, now available in paperback.
Today is the last day of National #IceCream Month! Eat up and read up on the history of this beloved cold confection: ICE CREAM by Marilyn Powell
Today we remember beloved New Zealand children’s book author Margaret Mahy, who passed away earlier this morning. Mahy was the author of dozens of memorable books for young readers, including such favorites as A Lion in the Meadow, Clancy’s Cabin, The Pirate Uncle, and Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles. Image via.
“I’m in the coffee shop reading David Cohen’s The Escape of Sigmund Freud, and I have the sudden thought that I’ve missed out on billions of Januaries on my own planet.”
-Elizabeth Bachner, Erasure: Reading “The Memory Factory,” via Bookslut
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
—Henry David Thoreau, born today in 1817
When we talk about libraries, we so easily think in religious terms.
True Grit, then and now. Take your pick, book cover or film poster? Via: Flavorwire.
Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist. Commentary courtesy of Sam Anderson, via The Millions, “A Year in Marginalia.”
