Bob Flanagan was an American poet and musician who was also known as a performance artist, often specialising in sado-masochistic acts. He was born on the 26th December 1952 in New York City but the family moved to Glendale, California not long after Bob was born. He was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when very young and his doctors did not think he would ...
Amos Bronson Alcott was a 19th century American writer, philosopher and experimental teacher. In his educational role he turned the traditional teaching method on its head, preferring to engage his students in conversation rather than being the autocratic figure at the front lecturing to a silent class. He had a great social conscience outside of the classroom as well, being a champion ...
Catherine Pozzi was a French poet who lived her life in and around the literary salons of Paris, befriending many famous artists and writers along the way. She had a good start in life, coming from a cultured and wealthy family. She was a keen and regular diarist and she kept a journal of her life that ran to some forty volumes. It ...
Capel Lofft, his first name sometimes written as Capell, was an English lawyer but he supplemented this with occasional forays into writing poetry. He had outspoken political views and campaigned against those causes that he felt strongly about. He belonged to the Whig party and was considered to have “Foxite” tendencies within that party. Lofft came from a family of intellectuals and scholars, ...
Carl Michael Bellman was an 18th century Swedish poet and musician who also holds a significant position in the history of his country’s song writing tradition. He was held in high regard by King Gustav III of Sweden who called him “the master improviser”. His two most famous pieces of work were collections of poetry that were set to music. Fredman’s Songs and ...
