for_sv's blog

What do a couple of former English teachers do in their spare time? They share clever quips and juicy tidbits about literary history, of course. And they are happy to share this esoteric and amusing knowledge with you, gentle reader. This site doesn't list the mere birth and death dates of classic authors -- instead, each day features a witty anecdote about a writer or a book. Consider the unconventional attitudes of Oscar Wilde's mother, enjoy Groucho Marx's description of dinner with poet T. S. Eliot, and learn how gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe influenced Vladimir Nabokov's controversial Lolita. Recent stories are available in full, as are excerpts of the author archives. Or, you can register for free to read everything.