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Category Archives: Writing
After London, or Wild England
During the Pandemic, I oddly began reading dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. I recently ran across Richard Jefferies’ 1885 novel After London which likely is one of the first post-apocalypse English language novels. The tale is set in a future England … Continue reading
Banned In the USA
Banned In The USA isn’t a classic Springsteen tune, but instead it’s the newly released report from PEN America documenting public school book bans for the full 2023-2024 school year. The report records 10,046 instances of books banned nationwide, a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, USA, Writing
Tagged Stephen King, PEN International, PEN America
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Magical (not lucky) Charms
The Book of Magical Charms, is a handwritten occult commonplace book composed in England in the seventeenth century and currently in the holdings of the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois. Its author is suspected to be London attorney Robert Ashley. The Book of Magical Charms original volume, that … Continue reading
Is it human or is it AI
We have reached the point where the Authors Guild, the professional association representing published novelists and nonfiction writers in North America, is planning to offer its 15,000 members a new certificate they can place directly on their book covers. About … Continue reading
Frankenstein Season
The Frankenstein Varorium is an online tool which allows the user to explore the iconic Science Fiction novel’s text through its various incarnations, allowing the user to select individual passages and see how they have evolved through different revisions of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Europe, History, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Bodleian Library, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Morgan Library & Museum, Science fiction
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Do we ever really learn from history
LEARNING FROM HISTORY David Ferry They said, my saints, my slogan-sayers sang, Be good, my child, in spite of all alarm. They stood, my fathers, tall in a row and said, Be good, be brave, you shall not come to … Continue reading
Every October it becomes important, no, necessary
Leaves by Lloyd Schwartz 1 Every October it becomes important, no, necessary to see the leaves turning, to be surrounded by leaves turning; it’s not just the symbolism, … Continue reading
General Headquarters
When I first read about a lost board game called “General Headquarters” that was created by Kurt Vonnegut, I was certain that it was an elaborate internet hoax. But, apparently I was wrong. Vonnegut’s life was not without its ironies. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged board games, Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano
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It’s getting to be Edgar Allan Poe season
This is The Bells and Other Poems by American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) with illustrations by French-British illustrator Edmund Dulac (1882-1953). It was published by Hodder and Stoughton internationally circa 1912. Poe is best known for his Gothic short fiction and poetry while Dulac was … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 