Monday, January 20, 2003

Literature Obsessions

Do you know how many times Chekhov mentioned cherries, crocodiles and cabbage soup? Michael Pennington does. But he would hate you to think he was obsessed.
· Anton [Guardian]

Every year on Edgar Allen Poe's birthday, a woman sneaks into a cemetary and like a character from one of Poe's dark tales, the woman then vanishes, leaving behind a half-empty bottle of cognac, three roses and an occasional note — but not a clue as to who she is.
· Man-woman [Famulus via BookSlut]