Happy birthday, Charles Baudelaire! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Always be a poet, even in prose.” “The beautiful…
Baudelaire’s Nightmare
In 1859, the Paris Salon allowed photographs into its exhibition. This brought a howl of outrage from Baudelaire, who claimed…
Our Natural Bent for Destruction and the Rights to Failure
“Is there an art that is dangerous? Yes. It is that art which upsets the conditions of life.”–Charles Baudelaire. What…
An Interview with Me at Untoward
just went up—well, Part One did, in which Matt Rowan asks me questions about my first book (Amazing Adult Fantasy),…
My Four Favorite New Books of 2009, part 5: Other New Books That I Enjoyed in 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 There are still more! Alphabetically, then…