Literati Pulp will be hosting a live-tweet book club October 25 with author Chelsia Rose Marcius on her book Wild Escape. The day will involve a Twitter book discussion on the true crime book about the prison break from Dannemora in 2015. The author will be online for a portion of the day answering questions … Continue reading Event: Live-Tweet with Author of ‘Wild Escape’
by Lee Cross In the wars littered throughout history, there are no Saints... well, actually, there are, real ones, and loads of them, anointed by one faith or another (isn’t that weird – but I’m not going to touch that). Of all those bad guys though, no one group appears more in books than the … Continue reading Nazi’s… the Ultimate Bad Guys in Writing
10 great quotes about Music from literature. [Gathered by Regina Kenney] “Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” ― Victor Hugo “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes … Continue reading 10 Great Literature Quotes About Music
by Simon Critchlow Following a trip to the see the English National Opera's current production of Verdi's Aida, I was reminded of a famous musical device that occurs in Act II's Grand March. The Grand March, featuring onstage trumpets, heralds the arrival of the conquering hero Radamès, fresh from his quashing of Egypt's arch enemies, … Continue reading Verdi Invented This Weird Musical Trick Used In Many Pop Songs
by Simon Critchlow The baroque period is generally considered as being from around 1650-1750 and the classical period from around 1750-1830. To illustrate the changes in style between these two periods, I’ve chosen two pieces by the titans of each era: J.S. Bach in the Baroque corner and Mozart in the Classical corner. The two … Continue reading What is the difference between Baroque and Classical Music?
by Lee Cross Just following up on part one of this blog, I’ve put together a list of books that I would recommend for reading twice... 1. Fight Club By Chuck Palahniuk What do you know about Tyler Durden? I’m not going to elaborate on that, I just going to pose another question; what does … Continue reading 6 Books Worth Reading a Second Time
by Lee Cross Broadly speaking we, as bookworms, should be willing to attempt to read any book once. Realistically, that’s just not possible, we only have so much time and we’re always going to make value judgments on how to spend our most precious commodity – reading time. Back when I was a teenager and … Continue reading What it Takes to Read a Book Twice
by Lee Cross What does Groundhog Day mean to you? To me, it’s the day that a self-obsessed weather-man, has to live over and over again, until he comes to realize the flaws within himself, and ultimately finds a form of redemption. Apparently though, Groundhog Day is a real thing (something I’m not entirely sure … Continue reading The Morning After Groundhog’s Day
by Lee Cross So, I’m currently in the middle of sitting a load of professional qualifications [don’t worry I’m not going to blog about that; trust me when I say, that the only person who cares less about them, than you do; is me], which is thrilling – well as thrilling as Oliver Stone’s DVD … Continue reading Leopold Broom Investigates: Why I Hate Textbooks
by Regina Kenney I want to share my favourite literature smackdowns of all time. William Butler Yeats was hopelessly in love with a phenomenal woman named Maud Gonne. He pursued her relentlessly and asked to marry her many times. Many of Yeats' poems were inspired by Gonne including, "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven", … Continue reading Best Literature Smackdown: Maud Gonne’s Response to William Butler Yeats
