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maurice sendak
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may 8
2012
dead writers club
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The Dead Writers Club was born out of the fact that there are very few living writers out there that are worth reading. (Naturally, this is because we all yearn to live in the past)
Do you consistently feel as though you are living in the wrong time period? We do too.
This blog is a celebration of literature and the greats who wrote before us.
Do you consistently feel as though you are living in the wrong time period? We do too.
This blog is a celebration of literature and the greats who wrote before us.
~ Tuesday, May 8 ~
~ Wednesday, March 28 ~
Adrienne Rich Has Passed On
It has been reported that poet, Adrienne Rich has died today at the age of 82.
We welcome Ms. Rich to the Dead Writers Club and our hearts go out to the loved ones and devoted readers she leaves behind.
To read more about the poet, check out this link!
Do you have a favorite Rich poem? We are partial to “Diving Into the Wreck” and “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”.
Write on in peace, Ms. Rich!
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~ Tuesday, February 14 ~
Here is a virtual movie of the great Percy Bysshe Shelley virtually reading his exquisite, succinct ode to love,”Love’s Philosophy”. Written in 1820.
Poetry animation provided by poetryreincarnations on youtube! HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, EVERYONE!
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~ Tuesday, February 7 ~
As you all know, we do not normally do “birthdays” here at the DWC. However, today is Mr. Charles Dickens’s 200th Birthday, so we thought we could stand to make an exception. Celebrate the day with your favorite Dickens classic, or perhaps try your hand at this delicious recipe for “Charles Dickens’s Punch”.
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~ Monday, January 9 ~
A Day in Lowell with Kerouac’s Ghost
One of our long time contributors, Lucas Lammott, recently visited Lowell, Massachusetts, which is the hometown of Jack Kerouac. We cannot think of a better way to ring in the New Year! He took some great snaps, which he allowed us to repost here. Enjoy!
Kerouac was born on 9 Lupine Road in the West Centralville section of Lowell Massachusetts, 2nd floor.
Lowell High School where JK was a football star that got him a scholarship to Columbia University.
Jack Kerouac later referred to 34 Beaulieu Street as “sad Beaulieu”. The Kirouack family was living there in 1926 when Jack’s big brother Gerard died of rheumatic fever at the age of nine.
The grave site of Jean-Louis “Jack” Lebris de Kerouac
Late afternoon rest stop at Brew’d Awakening Coffeehaus downtown Lowell. If you ever get a chance to visit Lowell, you should! It is an eerie place… rich in culture, history and… ghostly inspiration. And if you live in Boston… you have no excuse not to go spend a day in Lowell. Thanks, Lucas, for sharing your day with us!
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