Since we began this blog back in 2012, we’ve gathered up some very wise, witty, and, above all, true one-liners about books, from writers, critics, and other notable people down the ages. Below is our pick of these pithy quotations: the funniest and truest quotations about books we’ve found. All […]
In this special guest post, Dr Peter Templeton discusses a curious nineteenth-century American novel by a forgotten author Imagine a world in which the South seceded, successfully, from the United States. Virginia, caught in two minds as a border state, is occupied by Federal troops who get caught into a […]
Previously, we’ve offered ten of the best extremely short poems by women, as well as ten classic sonnets by female poets. But what are the best poems about being a woman, and about womanhood – those written by both male and female poets? Here are some suggestions. Rather than stick […]