A look back at Charlotte Perkins Gilman and her classic novella at its reissue
“I could not forgive myself if I made others as miserable as I have made myself” — from a rejection letter for The Yellow Wallpaper. (Via.)
“I could not forgive myself if I made others as miserable as I have made myself” — from a rejection letter for The Yellow Wallpaper. (Via.)
Actor Patrick McGoohan, best known for his role on the eerie and surreal 60’s TV show The Prisoner, has died. In the show, McGoohan played an agent who’s kidnapped, imprisoned, and interrogated in a village that would look a lot like Disney World were it not guarded by Rover — a giant, trembling ball that bounds after people and smothers . . .
Danteworlds, an interactive guide, tracks Dante’s journey thru the realms of afterlife: Inferno, Purgatorio, & Paradiso. (Via.)
Mos Def doesn’t just love LaValle’s The Ecstatic, he named his next album after it. Now how ’bout the cover?
I lent Marie my ARC of Marlon James’ stunning The Book of Night Women, and she too was blown away. It’s out next month.