Gay erotica with Oscar Wilde connection purchased with help of Kickstarter
Two little-known gay erotic novels with a connection to Oscar Wilde will soon be published again, thanks to a Kickstarter campaign by a Canadian scholar. Alison Flood reports for The… Read more »
Oscar Wilde book, inscribed to his jailer, is up for auction
According to Alison Flood in The Guardian, a copy of The Importance of Being Earnest, inscribed by Oscar Wilde himself, is going up for auction. The backstory offers a poignant rebuke… Read more »
Ireland to consider ending censorship of books
Ireland’s Republican party, Fianna Fáil, has introduced a motion to disband the Irish Censorship of Publications Board which, if successful, would end just under a century of literary censorship. The… Read more »
“Whitman And Wilde Almost Certainly Had Sex”
The Toast’s Mallory Ortberg wrote last week on the potential hookup between Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde during Wilde’s 1882 lecture tour of the U.S. (On a side note, let’s hope that… Read more »
Oscar Wilde gives advice to writers in recently discovered letter
If you’ve ever wanted to buy an authentic letter written by Oscar Wilde, you’ll have an opportunity next week. As reported in the Telegraph, a 13-page letter was found last… Read more »
FRIDAY SOMETHING-OR-OTHER-TO-DO-WITH-BOOKS MUSIC VIDEO: The Smiths
Long held as the patron saint of sensitive bookish types everywhere, Morrissey is well known for the wealth of literary allusions in his lyrics. From the opening verse of “How… Read more »
Oscar Wilde’s tomb is protected from assault of kisses
The BBC reports that Oscar Wilde’s newly restored tomb in Paris, unveiled yesterday on the 111th anniversary of Wilde’s death, has been given a glass barrier to prevent the lipsticked… Read more »