Maya Deren at 100
“I am not greedy. I do not seek to possess the major portion of your days…”
Thedore Wratislaw: Fragments of a Life
D.J. Sheppard’s highly recommended biography of the elusive 1890s poet
Thedore Wratislaw: Fragments of a Life
D.J. Sheppard’s highly recommended biography of the elusive 1890s poet
Spring Trees
The lyrical prose of architect and designer August Endell, born in Berlin on this day in 1871
Spring Trees
The lyrical prose of architect and designer August Endell, born in Berlin on this day in 1871
The Blind Man
100 years since the radical journal by Marcel Duchamp, Beatrice Wood and Henri-Pierre Roché brought Dada to New York
The Blind Man
100 years since the radical journal by Marcel Duchamp, Beatrice Wood and Henri-Pierre Roché brought Dada to New York
The Surreal Century of Leonora Carrington
The belatedly recognised artist and writer, born 100 years ago today
The Surreal Century of Leonora Carrington
The belatedly recognised artist and writer, born 100 years ago today
Places: Nevill Holt
The birthplace and childhood home of Nancy Cunard
The Pepys of sleep
Michel Leiris’s 1961 dream diary, Nights as Day, Days as Night
Pearls: Octave Mirbeau
The great provocateur of French letters, who died 100 years ago today
La vie en Palais Rose
The collection of Boni de Castellane and Anna Gould
Back to The Pleasure Garden
Happy birthday Hattie Jacques!
17-plus books for 2017
Dead poets, nude dancers, good bohemians, mystical Symbolists, jaded aristocrats, queer courtiers and blind men at play in a realm of dreams and voodoo
17-plus books for 2017
Dead poets, nude dancers, good bohemians, mystical Symbolists, jaded aristocrats, queer courtiers and blind men at play in a realm of dreams and voodoo
Late entries
A few book titles from late 2016 you may have missed…
Ta-ra Rasputin
100 years since feckless, frocked-up Felix Yusupov helped eliminate the man who held Russia’s imperial family under his spell
Ta-ra Rasputin
100 years since feckless, frocked-up Felix Yusupov helped eliminate the man who held Russia’s imperial family under his spell
“Suicide must be a vocation”
“You are all poets and I’m on the side of death.” It’s Demotivational Quote of the Day brought to you by everyone’s favourite Dadaist nihilist, Jacques Rigaut.
“Suicide must be a vocation”
“You are all poets and I’m on the side of death.” It’s Demotivational Quote of the Day brought to you by everyone’s favourite Dadaist nihilist, Jacques Rigaut.
Walking in a Weimar wonderland
Walking in Berlin, Franz Hessel’s classic non-fiction account of the city in the Weimar era, finally available in English
Walking in a Weimar wonderland
Walking in Berlin, Franz Hessel’s classic non-fiction account of the city in the Weimar era, finally available in English
All I’ve got is a s-s-s-single bed
Klaus Mann entertains gentlemen callers in a new Berlin exhibition which also addresses sister Erika
All I’ve got is a s-s-s-single bed
Klaus Mann entertains gentlemen callers in a new Berlin exhibition which also addresses sister Erika
Pearls: Erika Mann
“An investigation has been going on that could not help casting doubts upon my character…”
Pearls: Erika Mann
“An investigation has been going on that could not help casting doubts upon my character…”
A dandy in aspic
Monsieur de Bougrelon covers the waterfront in Jean Lorrain’s singular, intoxicating novella
A dandy in aspic
Monsieur de Bougrelon covers the waterfront in Jean Lorrain’s singular, intoxicating novella
Working the room
British poet David Gascoyne, born 100 years ago today, lets his dinner – and his date – go cold as he pursues Charles Henri Ford into the Montparnassian night…
Working the room
British poet David Gascoyne, born 100 years ago today, lets his dinner – and his date – go cold as he pursues Charles Henri Ford into the Montparnassian night…
