"The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait."
-Anatole Broyard
Today in Literary History...
On this day in 1762 James Boswell left Edinburgh for London, beginning the eight-and-a-half-month stay that would be recorded in his London Journal, and earn him a reputation as one of the great British diarists. From Boswell's account of his first meeting with his ticket to history: "Mr. Johnson, indeed I come from Scotland, but I cannot help it." "Sir, that, I find, is what a great many of your countrymen cannot help."For more literary history, visit Today in Literature.
Literary Pic of the Day:
New Book On My Radar:
by Michael Chabon
Pub: Harper, Oct. 2009
ISBN: 9780061490187
320 pages
Genre: Autobiography
Summary in a Sentence:
A collection of personal writings by Michael Chabon that explore the encounters that have shaped his life and reflect on what he believes it means to be a son, husband, and father of four young children.
Read the Reviews:
Interesting Links to Peruse:
- All about his dudeness: The latest in Lebowski Studies.
- Secrets of the stacks of the New York Public Library.
- Why we love Jane Austen by Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway.
- Once again, an amazing review from Eva of A Striped Armchair on Woman: An intimate biography.
2 comments:
I love that quote:
"The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait."
-Anatole Broyard
http://fantasysink.blogspot.com/
I love that quote too! The picture is gorgeous, with the woman living in a house of books behind a starry night sky, mystical and lovely
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