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Category Archives: Writing
When They Haven’t Really Read The Book
Cartoonist Ward Sutton creates classic books illustrated by artists who have clearly not read the books.
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Cartoons, George Orwell, J.D. Salinger, Lorraine Hansberry, Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Ellison
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Gorey on Gory
I was saddened to read that mystery writer and editor Marvin Kaye died on May 13, 2021 at the age of 83. Edward Gorey created wonderful wraparound dust jacket cover designs for eight of the numerous anthologies Kaye produced.
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged book cover art, book cover design, Edward Gorey, Marvin Kaye
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Down and Dirty
Here at Travel Between The Pages International HQ we have been toiling away in the garden finally attending to the weeds and spring planting. Handling so much dirt brought to mind this poem by Sharon Olds: “Ode to Dirt Dear … Continue reading
If you have ever gone to the woods with me
“Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable… I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. … Continue reading
An Almost Complete Collection
I’ve been a fan of the always original science fiction works written by Philip K. Dick since I was a child. So I found the recently release Folio Society limited edition complete collection of 118 short stories intriguing. As usual, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Uncategorized, USA, Writing
Tagged Book design, Philip K Dick, Publishing and Printing, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Death is comprised of deep blue tortures
DEATH POEM ONE Michael McClure DEATH IS COMPRISED OF DEEP BLUE TORTURES and filled with dark chocolate cake. Birth has gone with the losses of endless imagination. A round brown leaf whirls at the tip of a spider thread. I n l a t e Winter I will study the whiteness of plum blossoms and look for knots in an old trunk at the edge of the forest fire near some deer bones. Today marks the first anniversary of the passing of the great American Beat poet Michael McClure.
we owe literature almost everything we are
“You said that we owe literature almost everything we are and what we have been. If books disappear, history will disappear, and human beings will also disappear. I am sure you are right. Books are not only the arbitrary sum … Continue reading
Posted in Books, South America, USA, Writing
Tagged Jorge Luis Borges, Literature, Susan Sontag
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all and sundry Sunday
In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we’re done with it, we may find – if it’s a … Continue reading
The Divine Comedy
In anticipation of the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Brooklyn artist George Cochrane has worked on a contemporary illuminated manuscript of Dante’s Divine Comedy—all 350,000 characters of the epic poem, plus illustrations, in the original Italian for nearly seven … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia, Publishing and Printing
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I wish What I wished you before, but harder.
THE WRITER Richard Wilbur In her room at the prow of the house Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed with linden, My daughter is writing a story. I pause in the stairwell, hearing From her shut door a … Continue reading
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