Let me start by saying that this is not your typical collection. It is not a juried contest or an annual anthology, edited by an acclaimed professor. This is about writers, and what speaks to them. Pulled from the archives of The Paris Review, writers of today gush, er, introduce each selection. The intros range from…
Conan Doyle Interview, via The Paris Review
I saw this clip about a year ago while visiting Edinburgh. I went to a fantastic exhibit at the Surgeon’s Hall Museum that was on Dr. Bell and his student Doyle. It was wonderful and fascinating. I’m so glad The Paris Review found and posted it. [iframe]<iframe src=”http://archive.org/embed/SirArthurConanDoyleSpeaks_272″ width=”640″ height=”480″ frameborder=”0″></iframe>[/iframe] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Speaks…
Unquote | via Futility Closet
Unquote | Futility Closet. “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.” — G.K. Chesterton, “On Running After One’s Hat,” 1908
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 15
Ok, we are half way through the 31 Days of Halloween, so I’d say it’s time for a post on the American epitome of the macabre. We’ll get to the creepy stuff, but did you know these things about him? Poe was a respected, if fearsome, literary critic. Within the Allan home, he was part…
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 14
That picture of Bela Lugosi in the 1931 film Dracula has the become the popular image of the blood-sucking creature. It’s loosely based on the bestselling novel by Bram Stoker, but there are numerous differences. It has inspired a number of adaptations over the years, but none of them have followed the book closely. Have you read…