I taught Waiting for Godot to 80 undergrads (I have just under 140 students this semester). I’d never taught Beckett before. Along with Knowlson’s biography on Beckett, I was engrossed by Donal Fallon’s podcast episode on Beckett. Intrigued by the Foxrock bits, his student days in Paris, the war.
"Richard II" opens Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy of English history plays and is one of Shakespeare’s most eloquent works. Explore some of the most well-known lines, in order of their appearance in the play, on our blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
In her new book ‘What’s in a name?’, historian Susan D. Amussen shows how in early modern England it was possible that a glover’s son could transform into a successful actor and playwright.
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New & Notable: This Bay Area-based band combine post-punk and shoegaze influences, pushing both genres into new territory with sharp melodic instincts.
It's been 10 years this month since Beyoncé released Lemonade and permanently rewired my brain, so I'm going to try to post about each song from that album this month.
First up, Pray You Catch Me. Gorgeous, quietly solemn in a way very few of her songs are.
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Interior illustration to a reprint of 'Third Person Singular' by Clemence Dane from Famous Fantastic Mysteries, October 1946
Interior illustration to a reprint of 'Third Person Singular' by Clemence Dane from Famous Fantastic Mysteries, October 1946
Cover to ' The Babyons' by Clemence Dane (which contained 'Third Person Singular')
Cover to 'Orlando' by Virginia Woolf
Clemence Dane sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dane_c... and Virginia Woolf sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/woolf_... died on this date, so here's three pieces of Dane-related art and one of Woolf (Artist: 1&2 Virgil Finlay, 3 [couldn't decipher signature on bottom left], 4 [couldn't identify]):
THE Emma Smith, author of Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers, troubles assumptions made about the First Folio, the nature of value, and how culture is communicated across time. Stay tuned for more from Emma on Throughlines this week.
Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers, is open!
Explore the work and legacy of artist Barrie Cooke, and his remarkable creative friendship with poets Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes.
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Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social contending with the human cost of valuable books. #booksky #history #shakespeare
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Looking for a home journal for your article? SEL is currently accepting original scholarly essay submissions for our upcoming issues. We welcome scholars at any career stage. If you want to submit your work to SEL head over to our website sel.rice.edu/open-cfps to learn more! #callforpapers
![The artists featured "exotic locales, unusual sights, and flora and fauna which the heroes encounter during their journey, like the one from Vingt mille lieues sous les mers [20,000 Leagues Under the Sea] depicting divers walking on the ocean floor. They're in underwater gear that was futuristic for the time. Octopus & jelly fish hang about with other ocean creatures and oceanic flora. Everything is in black and white, and extremely detailed](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aahwyrl2sw7v5myfl26zbge4/bafkreices333qtumec36k4mdqltt5by6j5jegwknmx3hwxwdp4yrk7t3sm)
The artists featured "exotic locales, unusual sights, and flora and fauna which the heroes encounter during their journey, like the one from Vingt mille lieues sous les mers [20,000 Leagues Under the Sea] depicting divers walking on the ocean floor. They're in underwater gear that was futuristic for the time. Octopus & jelly fish hang about with other ocean creatures and oceanic flora. Everything is in black and white, and extremely detailed
Jules Verne took the world by storm, but 2 others also deserve recognition for the 📚 success.
French artists Édouard Riou & Alphonse de Neuville contributed over 4000 illustrations, roughly 60+ per novel, of magical exotic alien worlds. Ex: 20,000 Leagues Under the World. #Art #ClassicMono #SciFi
The Cosmic Lodge in 1965. It was located in Anaheim near Disneyland.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips
Richard Diebenkorn, Berkeley, 46, 1955
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The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Cover Art by John Berkey
A North Atlantic Right Whale swims in calm blue water, a gathering of smaller animals, possibly fish, around its mouth.
Only about 70 reproductively active female North Atlantic right whales remain.
But the Trump administration just announced plans to revoke vessel speed restrictions on the Atlantic coast that protect these critically endangered whales from deadly ship strikes.
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4cqNyFA
I did this about 5 years ago except now I’m a full-time assistant professor; I find myself grading over a hundred exams and papers now that midterms are over.
Poster for an opera based on Octavia E. Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'
Cover for a Spanish edition of Octavia E Butler's "Imago"
Cover for another Spanish edition of Octavia E Butler's "Imago"
Interior magazine art for Octavia E Butler's "Bloodchild"
Octavia E Butler sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/butler... died on this day, so here's an opera poster, two of her book covers and a piece of interior magazine art (artist: Paul Lewin, [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify] and Nicholas Jainschigg):
2026 State of the Union
Sums this up perfectly. Tired simulacra. The disembodied birdsong is of course a direct nod to the famous dawn sequence of the Joe Wright Pride and Prejudice.
Wunmi Mosaku accepts the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for ‘SINNERS’.
#WunmiMosaku #Sinners #BAFTAs
New VPFA Study Day Announcement 📢: 'Out of this World: Science Fiction in the Victorian Period'.
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It's becoming very clear that the BAFTAs failed every party in this equation.
Primarily, they failed two of our finest Black actors (Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo) by putting them in a situation where this was possible, and with their half-hearted explanations and lack of direct apology. (1/2)
It’s great to hear about the active interest in the stylistic achievements of Disney’s 101 DALMATIANS during the film’s 65th anniversary. A few years ago I wrote about mid-century animation, Walt Peregoy, Ken Anderson, and this remarkable period of innovation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thinking of the Tudor Heart news and I’m reminded of my last visit to the National Gallery to see the Holbeins. Everyone makes the pilgrimage to see The Ambassadors. Holbein’s portraits of power and the personages of court life are unparalleled in their precision, harmony, and depth of inner life.
In terms of its iconography, detail, and the story of its discovery—absolutely amazing.
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Two covers from a (probably) 1920s Italian 10 volume serialisation of Jules Verne's 'Ventimila leghe sotto i mari'
Despite not mentioning his name on the front cover, an Italian 1934 edition of Jules Verne's 'Ventimila leghe sotto i mari'
A 1961 UK edition of 'Propeller Island' by Jules Verne
A 1976 Portugese edition of Jules Verne's 'A Ilha Misteriosa'
Jules Verne sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/verne_... was born on this day, so here's some of his book covers (Artist: L Fornari, Guido Moroni Celsi, [couldn't identify] and F Caprioli):
Kendrick Super Bowl - people dressed in red white and blue to make the American flag with Kendrick in the middle
Bad bunny holding a football that says together we are America, surrounded by a band and dancers and fireworks going off
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10 years ago today, Beyoncé released “Formation.”
Reposting for #BookwormSat celebration of Charles Dickens' birthday today
