Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism.
This week’s prompt: Who’s your favorite dog and/or cat from novels, nonfiction books, stories, essays, plays, poems, graphic novels or comic books?
Ideas for prompts are always welcome! (seriously folks, I could use some help!)
This week’s literary birthdays:
Heinrich Meibom (1555), German historian and poet (RIP 1625)
Gasparo Gozzi (1713), Venetian playwright and critic (RIP 1786)
Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727), German anatomist and botanist, noted for his pioneering work on the anatomy of the human eye (RIP 1759)
Thomas Carlyle (1795), Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (RIP 1881)
Prince Nikoloz “Tato” Baratashvili (1817), Georgian poet (RIP 1845)
Samuel Butler (1835), English novelist and critic (RIP 1902)
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Austrian poet and novelist (RIP 1926)
Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883), Australian novelist and playwright (RIP 1969)
R. C. Majumdar (1888), Indian historian (RIP 1980)
Herbert Read (1893), English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher (RIP 1968)
Robert Redfield (1897), American anthropologist and ethnolinguist, known for his work on Latin America; Kurt Vonnegut was one of his pupils and cited Redfield’s influence (RIP 1958)
Cornell Woolrich (1903, AKA William Irish), American crime short story writer and novelist (RIP 1968)
Ely Jacques Kahn Jr. (1916), American essayist and author of nonfiction books, longtime writer for the New Yorker (RIP 1994)
John Giorno (1936), American poet and performance artist, known for his collaborations; he is the sleeping person in Andy Warhol’s film Sleep (RIP 2019)
Joan Brady (1939), American-British novelist (RIP 2024)
All information courtesy of Wikipedia
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