Portrait by George Charles Beresford, 1902, public domain In the summer of 1998, the moment I put down Michael Cunningham's The Hours, I went to my bookshelf and picked out Mrs. Dalloway to follow the connection. Just a few weeks ago, I purchased a new edition that includes … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Michael Cunningham
Photo via YouTube November 6, 1952- Michael Cunningham: "This is what you do. You make a future for yourself out of the raw materials at hand." One of my favorite books of the last decade is By Nightfall, an exquisite, slyly witty, warmly philosophical, urbane tale of … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Virginia Woolf
January 25, 1882 – Virginia Woolf: "For Most of History, Anonymous Was a Woman." Here is the only surviving recording of Virginia Woolf. In April 1937 she participated in a BBC lecture series titled Words Fail Me, giving a talk she called "Craftsmanship." She … [Read more...]
