<p>In March 1881.</p><p>Ambrose Bierce contributes to the weekly satirical San Francisco magazine The Wasp & resumes his column "Prattle" and the series of cynical definitions which he first calls The Devil's Dictionary.</p><p>Bierce's witty definitions were imitated & plagiarized for years before he gathered them into books, first as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906 & then in a more complete version as The Devil's Dictionary in 1911.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Dictionary" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Dictionary"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devi</span><span class="invisible">l%27s_Dictionary</span></a></p><p>At PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/972" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/972</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p>This part really stuck with me while doing an immersive read of Paradise Lost tonight. </p><p>@bookstodon @reading <a href="/tags/classiclit/" rel="tag">#classiclit</a> <a href="/tags/classicliterature/" rel="tag">#ClassicLiterature</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/johnmilton/" rel="tag">#johnmilton</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>“If these children need me in days of sunshine,<br>how much more do they need me in days of darkness?”<br>—Jane Haining</p><p>You rose each day at 5 a.m. to go<br>to market for their food, sliced your leather<br>luggage into strips they’d use for soles<br>on worn-out shoes…</p><p>“In Days of Darkness”, a poem by Stuart A. Paterson for Holocaust Memorial Day</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/days-darkness/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/days-darkness/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/days-darkness/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/holocaust/" rel="tag">#Holocaust</a> <a href="/tags/holocaustremembrance/" rel="tag">#HolocaustRemembrance</a> <a href="/tags/holocaustmemorialday/" rel="tag">#HolocaustMemorialDay</a></p>
<p>Happy birthday Shakespeare (born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1564)!</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1932. To mark Shakespeare's birthday:</p><p>The Royal Shakespeare Company's new theatre opens at Stratford-upon-Avon.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Sh</span><span class="invisible">akespeare_Company</span></a></p><p>The Folger Shakespeare Library opens in Washington, D.C.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folger_Shakespeare_Library" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folger_Shakespeare_Library"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folger_S</span><span class="invisible">hakespeare_Library</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/65</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>
<p>Reading Scotland with Gioia Angeletti: Early 19th-century Scottish Migration Literature<br>3 Feb, free online</p><p>Examining how Scotland’s experience of “internal colonialism” after the 1707 Union shaped its literary engagement with empire & migration during the long eighteenth century</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/read</span><span class="invisible">ing-scotland/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/migration/" rel="tag">#migration</a> <a href="/tags/empire/" rel="tag">#empire</a> <a href="/tags/imperialism/" rel="tag">#imperialism</a> <a href="/tags/colonialism/" rel="tag">#colonialism</a> <a href="/tags/nationalidentity/" rel="tag">#nationalidentity</a></p>
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<p>The Authorship Debate: Who Is the Real Shakespeare?</p><p>The Shakespeare Authorship Debate concerns the ongoing mystery as to the true author of the plays, sonnets and other works attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford Upon Avon.</p><p>By Lauren Jones</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/the-authorship-debate-who-is-the-real-shakespeare/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/the-authorship-debate-who-is-the-real-shakespeare/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/the-autho</span><span class="invisible">rship-debate-who-is-the-real-shakespeare/</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/65</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a></p>
<p>In February 1929.</p><p>The first of Margery Allingham's crime novels to feature Albert Campion, The Crime at Black Dudley (U.S. title: The Black Dudley Murder), is published in the UK. It introduces Albert Campion, her misleadingly vapid detective, who would go on to appear in another 18 novels and many short stories over the next 30 years.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crime_at_Black_Dudley" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crime_at_Black_Dudley"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crim</span><span class="invisible">e_at_Black_Dudley</span></a></p><p>Books by Margery Allingham at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Allingham&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Allingham&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Margery+Allingham&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>A History of Existential Anxiety</p><p>From medieval theology to modern philosophy, dread has long been a guide for living ethically.</p><p>By: Livia Gershon </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-existential-anxiety/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-existential-anxiety/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-e</span><span class="invisible">xistential-anxiety/</span></a></p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/44017151?mag=a-history-of-existential-anxiety&seq=1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.jstor.org/stable/44017151?mag=a-history-of-existential-anxiety&seq=1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.jstor.org/stable/44017151?</span><span class="invisible">mag=a-history-of-existential-anxiety&seq=1</span></a></p><p>Kierkegaard, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe at PG: <br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46682" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46682"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/46682</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47157" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47157"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/47157</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Kempe" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Kempe"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Margery+Kempe</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#religion</a></p>
<p>The Wigtown Poetry Prizes offer awards for poetry in all three of Scotland’s languages. The 2026 competitions are open for submission from today (2 Feb) until 6 May</p><p><a href="https://www.wigtownpoetryprize.com/poetry-competition" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wigtownpoetryprize.com/poetry-competition"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wigtownpoetryprize.com/poe</span><span class="invisible">try-competition</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/competition/" rel="tag">#competition</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1776.</p><p>Scottish political economist Adam Smith's book The Wealth of Nations, the first modern work in economics, was published.</p><p>It has become a fundamental work in classical economics, and has been described as "the first formulation of a comprehensive system of political economy".</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weal</span><span class="invisible">th_of_Nations</span></a></p><p>Wealth of Nations at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a></p>
<p>In February 1919.</p><p>Richmal Crompton's anarchic English schoolboy William Brown is introduced in the first published Just William story, "Rice-Mould", in Home magazine. The books were published over a period of almost fifty years, between 1922 and 1970.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_William" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_William"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Wil</span><span class="invisible">liam</span></a></p><p>Just William at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34414" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34414</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Life, Work & Adoration</p><p>Becoming George: The Invention of George Sand</p><p>review by Lucasta Miller</p><p><a href="https://literaryreview.co.uk/life-work-adoration" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="literaryreview.co.uk/life-work-adoration"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">literaryreview.co.uk/life-work</span><span class="invisible">-adoration</span></a></p><p>George Sand at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/851</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in1960 Zora Neale Hurston died. She "was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Nea</span><span class="invisible">le_Hurston</span></a></p><p>Books by Hurston at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6368" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6368"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6368</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Read with Reece Shearsmith</p><p>Currently available on the BBC iPlayer: Reece Shearsmith narrates Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic work of gothic horror</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027</span><span class="invisible">pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/robertlouisstevenson/" rel="tag">#RobertLouisStevenson</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a></p>
<p>Liebes <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> ,</p><p>unser neues Kulturprogramm für 2026 ist draußen! 🎉 <br>Mehr Infos findet ihr hier: <a href="https://buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/aktuelle-veranstaltungen/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/aktuelle-veranstaltungen/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/aktu</span><span class="invisible">elle-veranstaltungen/</span></a></p><p>Wir hoffen, dass für jede*n was dabei ist. :)</p><p>Gedruckt liegt das neue Programm Ende der Woche bei uns aus.</p><p>Liebe Grüße<br>Tina und Max<br>von der Buchhandlung am Brühl in <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#Chemnitz</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/veranstaltungen/" rel="tag">#Veranstaltungen</a> <a href="/tags/kultur/" rel="tag">#Kultur</a> <a href="/tags/lesung/" rel="tag">#Lesung</a> <a href="/tags/konzert/" rel="tag">#Konzert</a> <a href="/tags/tacheles/" rel="tag">#tacheles</a> <a href="/tags/buch/" rel="tag">#buch</a> <a href="/tags/krimi/" rel="tag">#krimi</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#Literatur</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bucher/" rel="tag">#bucher</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/dielinke/" rel="tag">#dielinke</a> <a href="/tags/leipzig/" rel="tag">#leipzig</a> <a href="/tags/dresden/" rel="tag">#dresden</a> <a href="/tags/erzgebirge/" rel="tag">#erzgebirge</a> <a href="/tags/mittelsachsen/" rel="tag">#mittelsachsen</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1889.</p><p>Henrik Ibsen's symbolic drama The Lady from the Sea (1888) receives simultaneous first performances in Oslo (in Norwegian) and Weimar (in German). The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in Ibsen's later play The Master Builder.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_from_the_Sea" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_from_the_Sea"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady</span><span class="invisible">_from_the_Sea</span></a></p><p>The Lady from the Sea at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2765" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/2765</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>
<p>"Conscience is but a word that cowards use,<br>Devis'd at first to keep the strong in awe;<br>Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law."<br>King Richard, scene iii</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1817.</p><p>Junius Brutus Booth makes his stage debut in the title role of Shakespeare's Richard III at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_(play)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_(play)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_</span><span class="invisible">III_(play)</span></a></p><p>Richard III at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1503" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/1503</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1851.</p><p>The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigolett</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p>Le Roi s'amuse at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29549" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29549</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>
<p>10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Artemis</p><p>Fascinating stories about the goddess Artemis from Greek myth. The twin sister of Apollo, the chaste goddess, represents the wild wilderness and the hunt.</p><p> by Daniel Soulard</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/myths-about-artemis-greek-goddess/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/myths-about-artemis-greek-goddess/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/myths-abo</span><span class="invisible">ut-artemis-greek-goddess/</span></a></p><p>There are two interesting books about Artemis at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14576" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14576</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9283" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9283</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#mythology</a></p>
<p>"I look upon literature as an art, and I believe that if you misuse it or abuse it, it will leave you. It is not a thing that you can nail down and use as you want. You have to let it use you, too."<br>Conversations</p><p>Happy birthday Katherine Anne Porter!</p><p>More information:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherin</span><span class="invisible">e_Anne_Porter</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"Yet each man kills the thing he loves<br> By each let this be heard.<br>Some do it with a bitter look,<br> Some with a flattering word.<br>The coward does it with a kiss,<br> The brave man with a sword!"</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1898.</p><p>The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde was published by Leonard Smithers, under the name "C.3.3.", which stood for cell block C, landing 3, cell 3.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ball</span><span class="invisible">ad_of_Reading_Gaol</span></a></p><p>Ballad of Reading Gaol at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/301" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/301</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
<p>Today, 2 February, is Candlemas. As well as being a Christian holy day, it is one of the four Scottish Quarter Days, when rents were due.</p><p>The Scots poem “At Candlemas” by Marion Angus (1865–1946) is a typically unsentimental look at how swiftly youth turns to old age:</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/candlemas/" rel="tag">#Candlemas</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/aging/" rel="tag">#aging</a></p>
<p>The haill clanjamfrie: What’s so braw aboot Scots<br>13 March, Royal Society of Edinburgh & online – free, ticketed</p><p>Through live readings of poetry & prose, alongside open conversation, this RSE Investigates event explores Scots as a powerful tool for creative expression & social commentary – with writers Len Pennie, Chris McQueer, & Michael Pedersen</p><p><a href="https://rse.org.uk/event/the-haill-clanjamfrie-whats-so-braw-aboot-scots/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="rse.org.uk/event/the-haill-clanjamfrie-whats-so-braw-aboot-scots/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rse.org.uk/event/the-haill-cla</span><span class="invisible">njamfrie-whats-so-braw-aboot-scots/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/creativewriting/" rel="tag">#creativewriting</a></p>
<p>"Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants, willing to be dethroned."<br>ch. 2: Nestor page 28</p><p>Ulysses by James Joyce was partially serialised in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1922.</p><p>Ulysses at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"They cannot scare me with their empty spaces<br>Between stars—on stars where no human race is.<br>I have it in me so much nearer home<br>To scare myself with my own desert places."</p><p>'Desert Places'</p><p>~Robert Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) </p><p>Robert Frost at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1091" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1091"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1091</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
