Happy birthday, Claes Oldenburg! 90, today! Here are some of his marvelous sculptures highlights from his wonderful “Ode to Possibilities“:…
Virginia Woolf on Life, Death, and Writing, and More
Some wonderful quotes by Virginia Woolf’s on the occasion of her birthday.
Happy Birthday, Charlie Parker!
Happy birthday anniversary, Charlie Parker! Bird lives! Quotes from the marvelous virtuoso: “Music is your own experience, your own thoughts,…
Happy Birthday, Meshell Ndegeocello!
Happy birthday, Meshell Ndegeocello, American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and vocalist! 49, today! “We’re all just bags of bones and muscle…
Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson!
Happy birthday anniversary, Michael Jackson, American singer, songwriter, and dancer! “In a world filled with hate, we must still dare…
Happy Birthday, Diamanda Galás!
Happy birthday, Diamanda Galás! American avant-garde soprano, composer, pianist, organist, performance artist, and painter. 62, today! Quotes: “It seems stupid when…
Gabriel Blackwell’s “Literary Pillars”
I embarked on a list-led reading quest over a decade ago—not with Gass’s list, but with Borges’s (“A Personal Library”)—but…
Gary Amdahl’s “Literary Pillars”
A great many grand and beloved books are missing from this list; I thought I’d try to draw up something…
