Famed art detective recovers 15th-century poetry collection

Posted on 01/21/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The “Indiana Jones of the Art World” has saved another literary treasure. Arthur Brand, who counts among his many other...

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Tagged As: Memorabilia, Poetry

William Wordsworth's descendants send his belongings to a museum

Posted on 01/18/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

2020 has been a great year for William Wordsworth fans, especially those likely to travel to his historical sites. His...

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Tagged As: Literary tourism, Memorabilia, Poetry, The Guardian

Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 5, 2020

Posted on 01/11/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Memorabilia, Obituary, Scandal

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

Biographer Robert Caro donates his archives to NYC museum

Posted on 01/09/2020 at 08:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Acclaimed biographer Robert Caro has donated his considerable archive to the New York Historical Society. Caro has won the Pulitzer...

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Tagged As: Memorabilia, Nonfiction

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

Ring that Oscar Wilde gave to a friend is back at Oxford University

Posted on 01/05/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

News we missed in November: A ring that Oscar Wilde gave to a friend has been recovered, seventeen years after...

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Tagged As: Memorabilia

WWII letter from Albert Camus to Charles de Gaulle re-emerges

Posted on 01/04/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Today is the sixtieth anniversary of Albert Camus’s death, and fittingly, a previously unpublished letter by the writer has recently...

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Tagged As: Memorabilia, The Guardian

A first glance at poet T.S. Eliot's letters to his muse

Posted on 01/03/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

T.S. Eliot’s unsealed letters to Emily Hale have not disappointed the literary world. Hale was known as Eliot’s muse, so...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, Poetry, The Guardian

Princeton University unseals T.S. Eliot's letters to his muse

Posted on 01/02/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Fans of classic literature have another reason to celebrate the new year. When 2019 ended, so too did the embargo...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, Poetry, The Guardian