The Footsteps of Giants | Tigerpapers
Harold Bloom writes of the anxiety of influence that has afflicted writers going back, in the Western tradition, to Homer. We could stretch the metaphor to include not just writers, or artists, but…| Tigerpapers
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? Ernest Hemingway? Banksy? Laurie Anderson? Amelia B. Edwards? James Grant? Sylvester Stallone? Anonymous?| Quote Investigator®
In 2017, Valerie Stivers started writing about food in classic fiction for The Paris Review. Her particular project for the “Eat Your Words” column would be cooking and baking her way through literature. It was a larger undertaking than she realized and became something of an obsession. A selection of the greatest hits made it […]| Bookish Beck
Harold Bloom writes of the anxiety of influence that has afflicted writers going back, in the Western tradition, to Homer. We could stretch the metaphor to include not just writers, or artists, but…| Tigerpapers
Put away those winter blues, folks. Summer’s here, and that means it’s time to break out those Speedos and bikinis, and make a mad dash for the surf, sand, pools, and parties of our favorite LGBTQ+ beach destinations. This year has been difficult for family, as we resist the anti-LGBTQ+ actions of the second iteration of the Trump administration. But our struggles also signal we’ve earned some time to vacation in places that still proudly welcome and affirm LGBTQ+ visitors and residents...| Outtraveler.com
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II) Part 54: New Albanians on beer holiday in Old Albania (1994). Albania was exhilarating and exhausting. For the next leg of Euro ’94, the [...]| Roger Baylor
