literature

<p>‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde</p><p>Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers</p><p>By Nadia Khomami </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/13/archives-amy-levy-queer-jewish-writer-admired-by-oscar-wilde-unsealed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/13/archives-amy-levy-queer-jewish-writer-admired-by-oscar-wilde-unsealed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/nov/13/archives-amy-levy-queer-jewish-writer-admired-by-oscar-wilde-unsealed</span></a></p><p>Amy Levy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/49112" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/49112"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/49112</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a></p>

<p>How a Book Marketing Ploy Almost Ruined Edgar Wallace, Literature’s “King of Thrillers”</p><p>Edgar Wallace wanted to promote his first novel with more than just traditional ads—but his brilliant idea almost became his downfall.</p><p>By Jane Alexander</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/edgar-wallace-four-just-men-contest-financial-ruin" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/edgar-wallace-four-just-men-contest-financial-ruin"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/literature</span><span class="invisible">/authors/edgar-wallace-four-just-men-contest-financial-ruin</span></a></p><p>Edgar Wallace at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/999" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/999"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/999</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Man Who Gave Away His Birthday – a Useless Information podcast<br> <br>Robert Louis Stevenson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 13 November – but it’s not, strictly speaking, his birthday: in 1891 he gave the day to Annie Ide, the 14-year-old daughter of the US Commissioner to Samoa, who was unfortunate enough to have been born on Christmas Day</p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://uselessinformation.org/annie-louisa-ide-cockran/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="uselessinformation.org/annie-louisa-ide-cockran/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uselessinformation.org/annie-l</span><span class="invisible">ouisa-ide-cockran/</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/rlsday/" rel="tag">#RLSDay</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1944 Ida Tarbell died. She &quot;was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was a pioneer of investigative journalism&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tarbell" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tarbell"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tarb</span><span class="invisible">ell</span></a></p><p>Books by Tarbell at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4022" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4022"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4022</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Tales of a Grandmother: Female Literary Agency &amp; its Echoes in Scotland’s Cultural Memory in the Age of Scott<br>25 Nov, Glasgow University &amp; online. Free</p><p>Walter Scott’s shadow eclipsed most of his contemporary writers in Scotland’s cultural memory of the early 19th century. Leonie Jungen investigates CLAN-ALBIN by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1781–1857), published one year after Scott’s WAVERLEY</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leonie-jungen-tales-of-a-grandmother-tickets-1700991755129" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leonie-jungen-tales-of-a-grandmother-tickets-1700991755129"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leonie-</span><span class="invisible">jungen-tales-of-a-grandmother-tickets-1700991755129</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/walterscott/" rel="tag">#WalterScott</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>Exploring the World of Japanese Literature in 8 Must-Reads</p><p>&quot;Japanese literature is rich and complex, with a unique style that endears it to many literary enthusiasts.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/exploring-japanese-literature-must-reads/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/exploring-japanese-literature-must-reads/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/exploring</span><span class="invisible">-japanese-literature-must-reads/</span></a></p><p>&quot;The Tale of Genji&quot; at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057</a></p><p>&quot;The Pillow Book&quot; at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76016" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76016</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Medieval Friendships: No Girls Allowed</p><p>Medieval European elites inherited the classical concept of friendship as something possible only for men. Christine de Pizan and Margery Kempe beg to differ.</p><p>By: Livia Gershon </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/medieval-friendships-no-girls-allowed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KE7BZ1KVYKEHGWMWN8H4X650&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/medieval-friendships-no-girls-allowed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KE7BZ1KVYKEHGWMWN8H4X650&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/medieval-frien</span><span class="invisible">dships-no-girls-allowed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KE7BZ1KVYKEHGWMWN8H4X650&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Christine de Pizan &amp; Margery Kempe<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4613" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4613"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4613</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/womenhistory/" rel="tag">#womenhistory</a></p>

<p>Look now, look quick – a shooting star!<br>Make your wish! It’s very far<br>From here to where the active light<br>Set out and streaked across a night<br>In Glasgow’s greatly dark November…</p><p>—Edwin Morgan, “Leonids”<br>in the London Review of Books, June 2000</p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v22/n12/edwin-morgan/four-poems" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v22/n12/edwin-morgan/four-poems"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v22/n1</span><span class="invisible">2/edwin-morgan/four-poems</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/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/leonids/" rel="tag">#leonids</a> <a href="/tags/meteor/" rel="tag">#meteor</a> <a href="/tags/edwinmorgan/" rel="tag">#EdwinMorgan</a></p>

<p>The Far Side of Disaster: On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel To the Lighthouse</p><p>Colin Dickey: “It reminds me that others have struggled with how to write through the end of the world.”</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-far-side-of-disaster-on-virginia-woolfs-unacknowledged-plague-novel-to-the-lighthouse/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-far-side-of-disaster-on-virginia-woolfs-unacknowledged-plague-novel-to-the-lighthouse/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-far-side-of-dis</span><span class="invisible">aster-on-virginia-woolfs-unacknowledged-plague-novel-to-the-lighthouse/</span></a></p><p>Woolf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>In September 1922.</p><p>Marcel Proust&#x27;s sequence À la Recherche du temps perdu begins to appear in English in a translation by C. K. Scott Moncrieff of Swann&#x27;s Way, as the first volume of Remembrance of Things Past. This occurs two months before the author&#x27;s death. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Searc</span><span class="invisible">h_of_Lost_Time</span></a></p><p>Books by Marcel Proust at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/987</span></a></p><p>Books by Scott-Moncrieff at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/217" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/217"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/217</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> in 1914.</p><p>Charles Masterman invites 25 &quot;eminent literary men&quot; to Wellington House in London to form a secret British War Propaganda Bureau. Those who attend include William Archer, Arnold Bennett, Hall Caine, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ford Madox Hueffer, John Galsworthy, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, John Masefield, Henry Newbolt, Gilbert Parker, G. M. Trevelyan and H. G. Wells. <br>1/2</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_House" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_House"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellingt</span><span class="invisible">on_House</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Wonderful Public Domain of Oz</p><p><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/the-wonderful-public-domain-of-oz/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/the-wonderful-public-domain-of-oz/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/th</span><span class="invisible">e-wonderful-public-domain-of-oz/</span></a></p><p>Baum&#x27;s books at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/42</span></a></p><p>Ruth Plumly Thompson&#x27;s books at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34661" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34661"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/34661</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>In September 1923.</p><p>T. S. Eliot&#x27;s poem The Waste Land (1922) is first published in the United Kingdom in book form, complete with notes, in a limited edition by the Hogarth Press of Richmond upon Thames. The firm is run by Eliot&#x27;s Bloomsbury Group friends Leonard and Virginia Woolf, and the type handset by Virginia (completed in July).</p><p>The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1321" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1321</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Yesterday, I was reading Shklovsky and stumbled upon this unexpectedly chilling short text. I translated it for you (although I just googled that the book itself *is* available in English, if you decide to read it from start to finish).</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/prose/" rel="tag">#prose</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/russian/" rel="tag">#russian</a> <a href="/tags/pennydreadfuls/" rel="tag">#pennydreadfuls</a></p>

<p>Outlaw, fiddler, &amp; folk hero James Macpherson (c.1675–1700) was hanged <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 16 November, for being Romani. Prior to his execution Macpherson composed his famous “Rant”. Macpherson sang this lament on the gallows &amp; smashed his fiddle before meeting his fate</p><p>1/7</p><p><a href="https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/06/the-loss-of-a-son-jamie-macpherson-and-his-gypsy-heritage/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/06/the-loss-of-a-son-jamie-macpherson-and-his-gypsy-heritage/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.historicenvironment.scot/</span><span class="invisible">2022/06/the-loss-of-a-son-jamie-macpherson-and-his-gypsy-heritage/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/earlymodern/" rel="tag">#earlymodern</a> <a href="/tags/romani/" rel="tag">#Romani</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/song/" rel="tag">#song</a> <a href="/tags/folksong/" rel="tag">#folksong</a></p>

<p>Don Roberto: the Adventure of Being Cunninghame Graham<br>18 Nov, Carnoustie – free</p><p>Jamie Jauncey talks about his extraordinary great-great-uncle Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham – traveller, adventurer, politician, writer, etc. etc. – &amp; asks why RBCG is so overlooked today</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/don-roberto-the-adventure-of-being-cunninghame-graham-tickets-1674565473409" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/don-roberto-the-adventure-of-being-cunninghame-graham-tickets-1674565473409"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/don-rob</span><span class="invisible">erto-the-adventure-of-being-cunninghame-graham-tickets-1674565473409</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/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a></p>

<p>Elspeth Barker (1940–2022) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 16 Nov</p><p>Maggie O’Farrell called Barker’s classic O CALEDONIA “one of those books you proselytize about… I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named [it] as her favourite book”</p><p>A 🎂🧵</p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/maggie-ofarrell-on-elspeth-barkers-modern-scottish-classic-o-caledonia/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/maggie-ofarrell-on-elspeth-barkers-modern-scottish-classic-o-caledonia/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/maggie-ofarrell-on-</span><span class="invisible">elspeth-barkers-modern-scottish-classic-o-caledonia/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/comingofage/" rel="tag">#comingofage</a></p>

<p>Smoke in the woods<br>like someone walking in a silent film<br>beside the tracks…</p><p>—John Burnside, “Signal Stop, Near Horsley”<br>published in SELECTED POEMS (Cape, 2006)</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/389400/selected-poems-by-burnside-john/9780224078030" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.penguin.co.uk/books/389400/selected-poems-by-burnside-john/9780224078030"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.penguin.co.uk/books/389400</span><span class="invisible">/selected-poems-by-burnside-john/9780224078030</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/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/johnburnside/" rel="tag">#JohnBurnside</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1921.</p><p>The Cervantes Theatre (Buenos Aires) opens with a production of Lope de Vega&#x27;s La dama boba (The Foolish Lady, 1613). It is one of the earliest examples of the &quot;comedia palatina&quot; subgenre. De Vega completed it on 28 April 1613, as shown by a surviving manuscript copy in his own hand.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_dama_boba" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_dama_boba"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_dama_</span><span class="invisible">boba</span></a></p><p>Books by Lope Vega at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/25752" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/25752"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/25752</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>Why Tolkien thought “sub-creation” was the secret to great fantasy and science fiction</p><p>According to Tolkien, fantasy requires a deep imagination known as “sub-creation.” And the genre reflects a fundamental truth of being human.</p><p>By Jonny Thomson</p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/mini-philosophy/tolkien-fantasy-science-fiction/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bigthink.com/mini-philosophy/tolkien-fantasy-science-fiction/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/mini-philosophy/t</span><span class="invisible">olkien-fantasy-science-fiction/</span></a></p><p>Fantasy books at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/138" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/138"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/138</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The St  Andrews Chronicles, one of the most important manuscript histories of Scotland, is going on public display for the first time in its 500-year history. The book will be on display at University of St Andrews Wardlaw Museum from 21 November to 7 December</p><p><a href="https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-year-old-history-of-scotland-on-public-display-for-the-first-time/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-year-old-history-of-scotland-on-public-display-for-the-first-time/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/</span><span class="invisible">500-year-old-history-of-scotland-on-public-display-for-the-first-time/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/16thcentury/" rel="tag">#16thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/manuscript/" rel="tag">#manuscript</a> <a href="/tags/bookhistory/" rel="tag">#BookHistory</a></p>

<p>An End to Kings, 1776</p><p>by Jack Kelly</p><p>&quot;Author Jack Kelly of Tom Paine’s War shares with The History Reader the crucial role Thomas Paine (author of Common Sense) played in encouraging Americans to overthrow King George in 1776.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.thehistoryreader.com/historical-figures/an-end-to-kings-1776/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=an-end-to-kings-1776" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thehistoryreader.com/historical-figures/an-end-to-kings-1776/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=an-end-to-kings-1776"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thehistoryreader.com/histo</span><span class="invisible">rical-figures/an-end-to-kings-1776/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=an-end-to-kings-1776</span></a></p><p>&quot;Common Sense&quot; at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#ushistory</a></p>

<p>What are you going to do<br>With what is left of yourself<br>Now among the rustling<br>Of your maybe best years?</p><p>—WS Graham, “An Entertainment for WS Graham for Him Having Reached Sixty-Five”</p><p>The Modernist romantic poet W.S. Graham (1918–1986) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 19 November</p><p>A 🎂 🧵</p><p>1/7</p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/145184/an-entertainment-for-ws-graham-for-him-having-reached-sixty-five" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/145184/an-entertainment-for-ws-graham-for-him-having-reached-sixty-five"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.poetryfoundation.org/poetr</span><span class="invisible">ymagazine/poems/145184/an-entertainment-for-ws-graham-for-him-having-reached-sixty-five</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/modernism/" rel="tag">#modernism</a> <a href="/tags/romanticism/" rel="tag">#romanticism</a> <a href="/tags/wsgraham/" rel="tag">#WSGraham</a></p>

<p>American activist and author Jane Addams died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1935.</p><p>Addams co-founded Hull House, one of America&#x27;s most famous settlement houses, in Chicago, Illinois, providing extensive social services to poor, largely immigrant families. In 1910, Addams was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale University, becoming the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the school.</p><p>Books by Jane Addams at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/602" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/602"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/602</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>American poet and playwright Georgia Douglas Johnson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1880.</p><p>Her first collection of poetry, &quot;The Heart of a Woman&quot; (1918), was one of the earliest books of poetry published by a Black woman in the United States. Her second volume, &quot;Bronze&quot; (1922), focuses more explicitly on racial issues, delving into the experiences of Black Americans and the injustices they faced in society. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Douglas_Johnson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Douglas_Johnson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_</span><span class="invisible">Douglas_Johnson</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> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>