Before emojis

Before emojis there were…medieval manuscript marginalia.


21 Medieval Marginalia That Look Like Emojis
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Just like emojis, marginalia – the pictures in the margins of medieval manuscripts – perform a bunch of different functions. They can add to, or illustrate the text they’re with, or they can be…

Before emojis there were…medieval manuscript marginalia.


21 Medieval Marginalia That Look Like Emojis
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Just like emojis, marginalia – the pictures in the margins of medieval manuscripts – perform a bunch of different functions. They can add to, or illustrate the text they’re with, or they can be…

Come and Get It

Come and get it … 10 Great Meals in Literature from The Telegraph.


10 great meals in literature
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The photographer Dinah Fried’s ‘Fictitious Dishes’ captures iconic culinary moments from literature

Come and get it … 10 Great Meals in Literature from The Telegraph.


10 great meals in literature
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The photographer Dinah Fried’s ‘Fictitious Dishes’ captures iconic culinary moments from literature

Literary LEGOs

The Lego Stories blog has fun reimagining books, comics, and films with LEGO. Here’s their take on the Beats–Carr, Burroughs, Kerouac and Ginsberg (although we can’t quite picture the Allen Ginsberg LEGO reciting “Howl”–which you can hear at http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/hear_the_very_first_recording_of_allen_ginsberg_reading_his_epic_poem_howl_1956.html)


LEGO stories — The Beat Generation writers
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The LEGO Stories blog has fun reimagining books, comics, and films with LEGO. Here’s their take on the Beats–Carr, Burroughs, Kerouac and Ginsberg (although we can’t quite picture the Allen Ginsberg LEGO reciting “Howl”)


LEGO stories — The Beat Generation writers
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Diagram This

Remember diagramming sentences? Check out the grammatical characteristics of 25 opening lines from famous novels.Infographic: Dissecting The Opening Lines Of 25 Famous Novelswww.fastcodesign.comPop Chart Lab gets literary for its latest infographic mas…

Remember diagramming sentences? Check out the grammatical characteristics of 25 opening lines from famous novels.


Infographic: Dissecting The Opening Lines Of 25 Famous Novels
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Pop Chart Lab gets literary for its latest infographic masterpiece: a schoolhouse-friendly poster of old-school sentence diagramming.

The Bugs of Literature

BOOK RIOT brings you a flowchart that highlights literature that includes a healthy helping of our insect friends. Pick a path and see what literary work it’s from.


The Bugs of Literature: A Flow Chart – BOOK RIOT
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Got some favorite creepy-crawlers in literature? Can you think of even one? I didn’t think I could until I read The Bees by Laline Paull, a new novel which takes place entirely inside a bee-hive.

BOOK RIOT brings you a flowchart that highlights literature that includes a healthy helping of our insect friends. Pick a path and see what literary work it’s from.


The Bugs of Literature: A Flow Chart – BOOK RIOT
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Got some favorite creepy-crawlers in literature? Can you think of even one? I didn’t think I could until I read The Bees by Laline Paull, a new novel which takes place entirely inside a bee-hive.

Literary London

Going to London this summer or just wish you could? Here are places to channel some of the city’s greatest writers and celebrate their works, from museums to taverns to platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross Station.


12 Literary Spots In London That Every Book Lover Needs To Visit
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A guide to the best (and mostly free) places to channel some of the city’s greatest writers and celebrate their works.

Going to London this summer or just wish you could? Here are places to channel some of the city’s greatest writers and celebrate their works, from museums to taverns to platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross Station.


12 Literary Spots In London That Every Book Lover Needs To Visit
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A guide to the best (and mostly free) places to channel some of the city’s greatest writers and celebrate their works.

A Comic from Good Tickle Brain for Shakespeare’s Birthday

A comic from Good Tickle Brain for Shakespeare’s birthday–450 years and still going strong! (And the comics are not just for today; this site has mostly Shakespeare comics for any day).


Happy 450th Birthday, Shakespeare!
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Today’s comic is super-early, because I’m super-excited that it’s Shakespeare’s 450th birthday! Let’s celebrate! Let’s give thanks to Shakespeare’s plays being in the public domain and thus widely available for all of humanity to use, abuse, adapt, co-opt, explore, analyze, and generally perpetuate…

A comic from Good Tickle Brain for Shakespeare’s birthday–450 years and still going strong! (And the comics are not just for today; this site has mostly Shakespeare comics for any day).


Happy 450th Birthday, Shakespeare!
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Today’s comic is super-early, because I’m super-excited that it’s Shakespeare’s 450th birthday! Let’s celebrate! Let’s give thanks to Shakespeare’s plays being in the public domain and thus widely available for all of humanity to use, abuse, adapt, co-opt, explore, analyze, and generally perpetuate…

Libraries in Popular Culture

There’s no shortage of libraries in film, drama and popular song.


Libraries’ Leading Roles: On Stage, On Screen And In Song
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In the latest installment of our library series…

There’s no shortage of libraries in film, drama and popular song.


Libraries’ Leading Roles: On Stage, On Screen And In Song
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In the latest installment of our library series…

Best Beards in Literature

Book Riot weighs in on the best beards sported by literary authors.


The 10 Best Beards in Literature – BOOK RIOT
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While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of our favorite posts from the last several months. Enjoy our highlight reel, and we’ll be back with new stuff on Monday, January 6th. This post originally ran October 18, 2013. _______________________…

Book Riot weighs in on the best beards sported by literary authors.


The 10 Best Beards in Literature – BOOK RIOT
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While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of our favorite posts from the last several months. Enjoy our highlight reel, and we’ll be back with new stuff on Monday, January 6th. This post originally ran October 18, 2013. _______________________…

Happy Birthday A.A. Milne

This week saw the birthday of children’s author A.A. Miilne, creator of that philosophical bear Winnie-the-Pooh who is so very fond of honey. On a cold day, enjoy some warm fuzzies courtesy of A.A. Milne and Pooh.


A.A. Milne Quotes (Author of Winnie-the-Pooh)
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214 quotes from A.A. Milne: ‘If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.’, ‘Piglet sid…

This week saw the birthday of children’s author A.A. Milne, creator of that philosophical bear Winnie-the-Pooh who is so very fond of honey. On a cold day, enjoy some warm fuzzies courtesy of A.A. Milne and Pooh.


A.A. Milne Quotes (Author of Winnie-the-Pooh)
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214 quotes from A.A. Milne: ‘If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.’, ‘Piglet sid…