So far, we have had about half a dozen responses to my Let's Collect post asking for reviews of biographies of classic authors, but several people submitted lots of links, so we already have quite the resource for you. Check it out! Here is our new page of biographies of classic authors. I'm sure there … Continue reading A New Page and a Question
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Let’s Collect! #1
Biographies of Classic Authors We hope to be starting a new feature that will appear periodically, Let's Collect! We thought it would be a good way to collect member reviews of certain types of writing by classic authors, or in the case of this first one, biographies of classic authors! I'm sure that many readers … Continue reading Let’s Collect! #1
Classic Author Focus: Colette
Colette Unfortunately for this feature, many writers lead boring lives, or especially with women authors or people who lived long ago, we can't find out much about their lives. This is not the case with Colette, who led a difficult, fascinating and scandalous life. Colette is known as a pioneer of autofiction and has been … Continue reading Classic Author Focus: Colette
Classic Author Focus: Flannery O’Connor
Flannery O'Connor Flannery O'Connor was an American author who was one of the best-known writers in the Southern Gothic tradition. This tradition relies on regional, often rural, settings and grotesque characters and frequently involves violence. Her works are darkly comic and often involve depraved characters. A strong Catholic, she once stated that all her works … Continue reading Classic Author Focus: Flannery O’Connor
Blog Maintenance #4 and Final Report
Hi, all, I did a push through and decided to complete my blog maintenance this week. So, I'll give you the report for the fourth week and the wrap-up in this post. To explain what I’m doing, I’m just clicking links under Member Reviews to make sure they still resolve and there’s nothing else wrong with them. … Continue reading Blog Maintenance #4 and Final Report
Classic Author Focus: Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, painter, and activist and the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. He is credited with reshaping Bengali literature, music, and art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries during the Bengali Renaissance by freeing these arts from tradition Sanskrit … Continue reading Classic Author Focus: Rabindranath Tagore
Blog Maintenance Update #3
Hi, all, I’m on my third week of blog maintenance and have made it through the H’s. This week, I didn't find quite as many problems as last week. To explain what I’m doing, I’m just clicking links under Member Reviews to make sure they still resolve and there’s nothing else wrong with them. Let me explain … Continue reading Blog Maintenance Update #3
Blog Maintenance Update #2
Hi, all, I'm on my second week of blog maintenance and have made it through the D's. I've found a few more different types of problems, but most of this report is repeating the information I gave last time for folks who missed it and updating the stats. To explain what I’m doing, I’m just … Continue reading Blog Maintenance Update #2
Blog Maintenance Update #1
Hi, all, maybe you're not interested, but I thought I'd give you a weekly update on how the blog maintenance work is coming, and a final summary when I finish. I know some of you like statistics. To explain what I'm doing, I'm just clicking links under Member Reviews to make sure they still resolve … Continue reading Blog Maintenance Update #1
Imminent Maintenance: Final Notice
Don't forget that beginning this coming Friday, January 2nd, I will be clicking on all the links under Member Reviews to make sure they are still current. If you have your blog set to private and want to keep your links on our pages, then please open it up before then! And have a great … Continue reading Imminent Maintenance: Final Notice
Classic Author Focus: Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and activist. She won several literary awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. Her writings dealt mostly in issues of inequality and morality, and she was active in the anti-apartheid movement, even joining the African National Congress when it was banned. Gordimer was born … Continue reading Classic Author Focus: Nadine Gordimer
Imminent Maintenance: First Notice
Last year, I went through all the review links and found an astonishing number of bad links, closed-down blogs, and other problems with the links. Because several members had their blogs in private mode, I was unable to check those links and had to remove them. This didn't go over very well with the members … Continue reading Imminent Maintenance: First Notice
Classic Author Focus: Alice Munro
Alice Munro Alice Munro was a Canadian writer known for her exquisite short stories. Her beginnings in a difficult life of poverty are reflected in some of her stories, many of which are set in Huron County, Ontario. Although she wrote stories, they were nearly all published as integrated short story cycles, that is, novels … Continue reading Classic Author Focus: Alice Munro
Classic Author Focus: Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker I was thinking it would be nice to find an author who is suitable for the season. I have already profiled Mary Shelley, but I was surprised to find I hadn't written a profile of Bram Stoker. Who better to post about in October than the author of Dracula? This is the work … Continue reading Classic Author Focus: Bram Stoker
Classic Author Focus: Jules Verne
Jules Verne Jules Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright who is mostly known for his adventure stories. Although he is known to English-speaking peoples as mostly a writer of children's fiction, he gained a much higher reputation in France and the rest of Europe as an influence on surrealism and the literary avant-garde. … Continue reading Classic Author Focus: Jules Verne
Classic Author Focus: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Here is an interesting insight into how search tools can set you wrong. When I look for writers to add to my list of possibles for profiles, I do it by country, because I'm trying to get a broad representation of times and ethnicities and countries over time. So, when I searched … Continue reading Classic Author Focus: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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