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| I want one!!! The Bohemian Chair - picture courtesy of Dishfunctional Design |
Ready to dish and dine on delectable delights for dinner during December? Yeah, me too. Don't you just love that chair. I seriously want one to curl up in and read to my heart's content. It's time once again for some Cookish and bookish as well as birthday news.
December 6
Poet William Stanley Braithwaite (1878–1962) influenced by English Romantic poets John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Wordsworth.
Poet Alfred Joyce Kilmer 1886–1918) influenced by the natural beauty of the world.
December 7
Willa Cather (1873 - 1947) Novelists about frontier life on the great plains including Death Comes for the Archbishop and O Pioneers!
Akiko Yosano (1879 - 1942) Most controversial classical woman poet in Japan.
December 8
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910) 1903 Nobel prize winner and Norwegian poet and novelist
Richard Llewellyn (1906 - 1983) Welsh novelist best known for How Green was my Valley.
December 9
John Milton (1608 - 1674) English poet, best known for his epic Paradise Lost.
Sarah Wright (1928 - 2009) African American writer and cofounder of Philadelphia Writers Workshop.
December 10
Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970) 1966 Nobel prize winner and German author.
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) American Poet.
December 11
Naguib Mahfouz (1911 - 2006) 1988 Nobel prize winner and Egyptian novelist.
Cookish links:
27 favorite new cookbooks from Los Angeles Times
Epicurious 2015 cookbook canon - 10 essential cookbooks
and I guess it should come as no surprise that Goodreads Choice award for 2015 best cookbook goes to The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime.
Bookish links:
Rainer Maria Rilke (author of Letters to a Young Poet) on the rewards of rereading.
Have no idea what to do with all those books? Check out 35 things to do with them.
Enjoy reading only woman authors -- The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women.
Need something to do with your hands while listening to those audiobooks -- Try out a coloring book for adults. And also check out Julie Beck's article in The Atlantic - Zen of Adult Coloring books.
And last but not least,
Publisher Weekly compilation of Best Books of 2015.
The Guardian's Best Books of 2015.
Happy reading!
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History of the Medieval World
Chapter 69 Kings of England
Chapter 70 Baptism of the Rus
Chapter 71 The Holy Roman Emperor
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Colm Toibin's first novel, 'The South'. Excellent read.
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