@josephpeschel.bsky.social
I’m a freelance writer & critic. I’ve written for The Boston Globe, The Brooklyn Rail, The Washington Post, America, Science, & other papers and websites.
@bookcritics.bsky.social Italo Calvino was born today, October 15, in 1923.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Katherine Mansfield was born today, October 14, in 1888.
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@bookcritics Richard Howard was born today, October 13, in 1929.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Paul Engle was born today, October 12, in 1908.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social François Mauriac was born today, October 11, in 1885.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Lily Tuck!
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Nobelist Ivo Andrić was born today, October 9, in 1892.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Sherman Alexie!
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Edward P. Jones!
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Brendan Gill, a long time staffer on The New Yorker, was born today, October 4, in 1914.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Thomas Wolfe was born today, Oct. 3, in 1900.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Wallace Stevens was born today, October 2, in 1879.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Louis Untermeyer was born today, October 1, in 1885.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Truman Capote was born today, September 30, in 1924.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Cervantes was born today, September 29, in 1547.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday John Sayles!
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Louis Auchincloss was born today, September 27, in 1917.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social T. S. Eliot was born today, September 26, in 1888.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social William Faulkner was born today, September 25, in 1897.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social The great F. Scott Fitzgerald was born today, September 24, in 1896.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social John Coltrane was born today, September 23, in 1926.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social September 22, 1598.
Do not take your cue from Spenser: never challenge a critic to a duel.
@bookcritics.bsky.social H. G. Wells was born today, September 21, in 1866.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Upton Sinclair was born today, September 20, in 1878.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Henry Bromell was born today, September 19, in 1947.
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@bookcritics Samuel Johnson was born today, September 18, in 1709.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money."
--Samuel Johnson (Sept. 18, 1709 – Dec. 13, 1784)
@bookcritics.bsky.social Ken Kesey was born today, September 17, in 1935.
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@bookcritics.bsky.social "Movie star and film visionary Robert Redford died at his home in Utah on Tuesday. He was 89 years old."
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!
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@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Bonnie Jo Campbell!
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