Claude-Adhémar Theuriet, dit André Theuriet (1833–1907), est un poète, romancier et auteur dramatique français, connu pour avoir chanté les terroirs, les forêts, et les petites villes. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Federico García Lorca, by his full name Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (1898–1936), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. Between 1924 and 1927, he wrote the poetry collection Romancero gitano (Gypsy Ballads), which he published in 1928. It brought him fame, and it remains his best known book of poetry. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Poets and Lovers existe depuis quatre ans et demi, et vit maintenant dans un calme plat. De la part de ses ennemis, plus de tentatives de censure ou d’attaques informatiques ; de la part de ses partisans, de moins en moins de commentaires, aucune contribution, aucune suggestion. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Poets and Lovers has lived four years and a half, longer than its predecessor Agapeta. Hopefully, it should no more be threatened by technical failures or attempts at censorship, but the main obstacle could now become the progressive drying of the poetical sources of its contents. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Can a childhood love be the strongest and most beautiful feeling ever experienced? And is this love the truest when it unites a brother and a sister?
The childhood of Thomas De Quincey was marked by the affliction of death. He had three sisters, who were his playmates, whith whom he lived day and night: Elizabeth (two years older than him), Mary (one year older), and Jane (one year younger). At age 4, he first lost Jane, aged 3, but at that time he could not comprehend death fully. Then, two months before his 7th birthday, Elizabeth died at the age of 8 or 9. Last, his father died one year later. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Grand amateur d’érotisme, Pierre Louÿs a tout au long de sa vie écrit un très grand nombre de ce qu’on a appelé des curiosa, des ouvrages à caractère érotique ; il a notamment doublé certaines de ses œuvres publiées d’une version sexuellement explicite. La plupart de ces textes furent publiés après sa mort survenue en 1925. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
The American garage rock band Syndicate of Sound was formed in 1964 in San Jose, California, when Don Baskin (vocals, guitar) and Bob Gonzalez (bass guitar) united with a local group called the Pharaohs. After their unsuccessful single “Prepare For Love” in 1965, in early 1966 they recorded on Hush Records the song “Little Girl,” written by Don Baskin and Bob Gonzalez, which became popular and reached the US national pop charts in June 1966, peaking at number 5 on Cash Box and number 8 on Billboard. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
