Tag Archives: USA

1921: Sweet Monsters

Posted on March 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Rose O’Neill: Man and Earth (1921)—from a series entitled Sweet Monsters.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1921: She Whipped up the Snakes and Ascended High Over the City

Posted on March 24, 2018 by corvusfugit

An illustration for Nathanial Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1921). Found on Public Domain Review.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2018: The Sky

Posted on March 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

The Sky. Part of a series.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

1888: Lilies

Posted on March 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

Charles Courtney Curran: Lotus Lilies (1888)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2001: Was the Silence Gloomy?

Posted on March 17, 2018 by corvusfugit

Gilbert Sorrentino’s 2001 novel Gold Fools is written entirely in questions. Here are the opening paragraphs: Were Nort Shannon, Dick Shannon, and Bud Merkel exceptionally morose as they sat before the small bunkhouse and about the flames of the blazing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2018: The Sky

Posted on March 11, 2018 by corvusfugit

Today’s sky. More here.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

1997: Translation / Transformation

Posted on March 11, 2018 by corvusfugit

In a 1997 essay on translation, the writer Harry Mathews cites Marcel Benabou’s version of Keats’s “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”: Ah, singe débotté, / Hisse un jouet fort et vert! It’s not quite a translation: the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

1780: The Dark Day

Posted on March 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

The 19th of May, 1780, was distinguished by the phenomenon of a remarkable darkness over all the northern States, and is still called the Dark day. The darkness commenced between the hours of 10 and 11 A. M., and continued … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

1990: Monte Carlo

Posted on March 6, 2018 by corvusfugit

Robert Bechtle: Working Proof 2 for Albany Monte Carlo (1990)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

2014: Starts With

Posted on March 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

Richard Meier: SINDA (2014) Italian words that start with “sinda“: sindaco, mayor sindacato, labor union sindacale, union sindacalista, union official, trade unionist sindacare, to judge sindacalismo, trade unionism sindacalizzarsi, to unionize

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment