Famed for her caustic wit, Dorothy Parker was born in 1893 in New Jersey and was known from an early age for her uncompromising character. Her mother died when Parker was five and her father remarried a few years later. It was not a happy time for the future doyen of 20"s society. She refused to call this new woman either ...
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) is the younger sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (not to be confused with Dante Alighieri who wrote The Divine Comedy). She is known for her fantasy as well as her deeply erotic poetry. This is much different from her brother whose work was deeply troubling and apocalyptic in nature. Feminist tend to focus on the works ...
Traveling over the centuries have been the works of Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273). He is especially accepted by Muslims for his spiritual insights. However, non-Muslims have enjoyed the poetry of this theologian and Sufi mystic. For such work to still have poetic merit, there must be something within the works that is relevant to the time in which it is read. Otherwise, the ...
Born in Rockland, Maine in 1892, Edna lived much of her childhood without a father’s influence after he was shown the door by her mother. Edna was only seven years old at the time and her mother instilled a fierce determination into her three daughters that they should succeed in, and have an appreciation of, music and literature. It took ...
Now here is a curious mixture – a writer of predominantly children’s stories, some leaning towards adult readers; a writer of songs for famous recording artists; a writer of musical scores for movies; and finally a writer of plays for adults. What an interesting life Sheldon Allan Silverstein must have led! He was born in 1932 in Chicago, USA and passed through his ...
