“Portrait of a Woman Reading in Bed” (19th or 20th century). By Nicoline Tuxen (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicoline_Tuxen_-_Portrait_of_a_woman_reading_in_bed.jpg).

A 1932 black-and-white photograph of the American writer Christopher Morley. Photographer unknown, from the collection of the Library of Congress, U.S.A. (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christopher_Darlington_Morley_cph.3b14371.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 28 March 2026: “librocubicularist”—“(humorous, rare) a person who reads in bed”. The American writer #ChristopherMorley, who coined the word, died on this day in 1957. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

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Photo of the book "Translations from the Chinese" by Christopher Morley. The book is open to a poem called "The Palimpsest," and several Chinese coins are arranged on the facing page. This edition is from 1927.

"There is, in each man's heart, Chinese writing—a secret script, a cryptic language..."

Christopher Morley, "The Palimpsest," from "Translations from the Chinese"

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"There is no one so grateful as the man to whom you have just given the book his soul needed and he never knew it."
- Christopher Morley, "The Haunted Bookshop"

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No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. ~ #ChristopherMorley #quotes #dogs

Photo showing the title of a section of the Introduction to a 1940 edition of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." It reads ART AS A LOVE LETTER.

Art as a Love Letter. From Christopher Morley's Introduction to "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940.
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