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Happy Bloomsday! How Will You Celebrate?
Love it or hate it, Bloomsday is the annual day of celebration for James Joyce’s polarizing novel Ulysses. It takes place on June 16th each year, to mark the first day of the protagonist Leopold Bloom’s journey across Dublin. To mark …
For Valentine’s Day: Top Ten Love Letters from Famous Writers
As Valentine’s Day approaches, once again frantic Google searches are conducted to find someone who has said what you would like to say. Here are ten writers who wrote letters to their beloveds. Some are touching, some are steamy, some are funny. …
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Top Ten Famous Last Words and Final Stops: Writers and Their Gravesites
Everyone has a different way of coping with what George Bernard Shaw called “that troublesome business.” The promise of death should motivate us to live everyday to the fullest because as Jim Morrison aptly noted, “No one here gets out alive.” So …
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