Bookish birthdays for the week of January 19, 2020

Posted on 01/19/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of January 19, 2020: Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809):...

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Papers reveal resistance to giving Samuel Beckett the Nobel Prize

Posted on 01/17/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Perhaps the only new part about the most recent Nobel Prize controversy is that it was public and not private....

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Tagged As: Awards, History, Scandal, The Guardian

Bookish birthdays for the week of January 12, 2020

Posted on 01/12/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of January 12, 2020: Jack London (January 12, 1876): London,...

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Excerpt: "Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe"

Posted on 01/11/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We all know nowadays that if you want the answer to something, ask a librarian. But a select group of...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, History, Libraries

Long-lost footage of Japanese novelist's debate never actually disappeared

Posted on 01/09/2020 at 02:06 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Footage once thought lost of a Japanese poet and novelist has been recovered and will be the center of an...

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Tagged As: History, Memorabilia

Museum curator finds a rare copy of an 1883 gay-rights essay

Posted on 01/06/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

John Addington Symonds knew his essay “A Problem in Greek Ethics” was so controversial that he published only ten copies...

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Tagged As: History, Memorabilia, Nonfiction

Bookish birthdays for the week of January 5, 2020

Posted on 01/05/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of January 5, 2020: Umberto Eco (January 5, 1932): Eco...

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Bookish birthdays for the week of December 29, 2019

Posted on 12/29/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of December 29, 2019: Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865): Kipling’s...

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Bookish birthdays for the week of December 22, 2019

Posted on 12/22/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of December 22, 2019: Jean Racine (December 22, 1639): Best...

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The pirates who stole "A Christmas Carol"

Posted on 12/20/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A Christmas Carol was an immediate smash hit for author Charles Dickens. The downside of that? Less scrupulous and less...

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