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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Dracula Daily
Starting tomorrow you can participate in a brilliant web project featuring the iconic vampire novel by Bram Stoker. Dracula Daily: “Bram Stoker’s Dracula is an epistolary novel – it’s made up of letters, diaries, telegrams, newspaper clippings – and every … Continue reading
Sunday Funnies
Posted in Art, Books
Tagged Comics, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Philosophy, Political Cartoons
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Museums About Everything
If you visit TBTP regularly, you are probably aware that I have a bit of a museum obsession. In fact, it’s been said that I never miss the opportunity to visit a museum no matter how small or obscure. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, History, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Beats, New Orleans, Travel website, Websites
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A Real Writer’s Cafe
Every coffeeshop in the world these days seems to be populated by folks busily working on writing projects of some kind. Now a café located in the Koenji district of Tokyo has opened to help writers meet their project goals. … Continue reading
To be hopeful in bad times
To Be Hopeful in Bad Times “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. … Continue reading
Another Reason To Love Brooklyn
When I was a little kid my Grandmother used to grudgingly take me to the Brooklyn Library on Flatbush Avenue. She wasn’t much of a reader and never understood how I could spend so much time looking at books. But … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Banned Books, Brooklyn, censorship
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Amsterdam: On the Waterfront
I have been to Amsterdam more often than any other foreign city. It’s one place that I know I will never be bored. A great way to get around and to get a sense of the importance of the city’s … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Film, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Amsterdam, ferries, Festivals, Netherlands
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Book of Kells
One of the highlights of a trip to Dublin for any bibliophile is a visit to the magnificent Trinity College Library. And the most popular attraction in the library is the amazing 9th century Book of Kells. The devotional text … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Tourism
Tagged Book of Kells, Dublin, illuminated manuscripts, Ireland
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Belief and Technique for Modern Prose
Like many adolescents of my generation who had aspirations to engage in a literary life, I was infatuated with the Beat Generation writers. And while I sussed early on that the Jack Kerouac on the page might not be all … Continue reading
