Literally Blogging

I know a lot of people who love to read, also have some visual challenges. And audio books aren’t cheap – not by a long shot. There are some options online but some of them are pretty pricey as well. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a library of audio books for a reasonable price each month?
I found the perfect solution. It was a moment of pure serendipity. Picture someone stumbling into a doorway and falling flat on their face in the entry hall. That is, in a cyber-kind-of way what happened to me. …read more

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Hidden in the collections of Philadelphia libraries is an unexpected treasure — a rich trove of more than 7,000 medieval and Renaissance miniature paintings showing religious scenes, classical tales, historical events, and medieval romances. Many have never been on public display, or even studied by scholars. (From Leaves of Gold)
This is a collaborative project of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collection Libraries. That is quite a mouthful! And it is also quite a collection. I was sure, to be honest, what an illuminated collection was. Now I wish …read more

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Hello! My name is Adelle and I am so excited to be here as a part of “Literally Blogging.” I can think of few things I love and enjoy more than books. Classics, contemporary lit, science fiction (hey, we all have our weaknesses), non-fiction… my list of favorites goes on and on. I am really interested in hearing what your favorites are!
I have been writing professionally for about a decade now. In my “previous life,” I was a nurse but fortunately, I also studied journalism and have had an interest in literature, both American and European, …read more

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I was reading The Jabberwocky, the other day, marveling at Lewis Carroll’s obvious insanity.
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Well, really. Could anything that cool have ever come out of a sane mind?
Insanity, mental illness, and personality disorders are rampant among literature’s elite. They aren’t the only ones, of course; artists and actors and musicians are also famous for a shortage of marbles. One of the saddest quotes I’ve heard is from Van Gogh: “If not for this disease, what I might have been.”
But it’s the …read more

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The Victorian novel almost always starts with a winter.

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A professor developing a program to summarize works of great literature into cell phone text messages? In a word: yuck.

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We’ve all heard ‘write what you know.’ If that’s true, why are there such spectacular successes of people writing things they know nothing about?

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I was watching the “Gingervitus” episode of South Park last night when these thoughts came to me.

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