AvatarMartin Middlewood3 days agoWriter, Farmer, Literary Misfit: In Memory of the Late Stanley Crawfordlithub.com - Alex Trimble YoungWhen I met Stanley Crawford in 2005, he was, by the estimation of my twenty-three-year-old self, already old. I was working at the reception desk of …
AvatarMartin Middlewood3 days agoMysterious Author of 'Dangerous' Shakespeare Family Confession Finally Revealedverified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle StarrThe voice of a woman largely overlooked by history has been discovered in a "dangerous" declaration attributed to the father of famous playwright …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodKen Bruen, the Dark Soul of Irish Crime Fictioncrimereads.com - Peter HandelIn his seventeenth Jack Taylor novel, 'Galway Confidential,' Bruen is exploring the frontier of noir. Over the course of seventeen Jack Taylor novels, …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodStoryboardAlbert Camus and AbsurdismCurated byTheCollectorPhilosopher Albert Camus explored the absurd nature of human existence.
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodAl Purdy’s widow Eurithe launches $10,000 prize for best new poetry book in Canadaverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - The Canadian PressEurithe Purdy, widow of Canadian poet Al Purdy, has launched a literary prize to recognize the best new book of poetry in Canada. The Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize will offer a $10,000 award annually to a poet who embodies “exceptional talent and a profound connection to the Canadian spirit,” …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodLongtime San Francisco poet and beatnik diessfchronicle.com - Clare FonsteinA famous San Francisco poet and memoirist, Neeli Cherkovski, has died at the age of 78, according to City Lights Bookstore, which posted a message on …