Rebecca B.
arkhamlibrarian
CW: racism; rape#DailyPaperback Originally published in 1919, Edith Maude Hull’s The Sheik is one of the most influential romance novels of all time. It’s also—obviously—problematic as hell. Here’s a short
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Found a nice first printing of one of the best clench covers ever painted. The artist, Robert McGinnis, is better known for noir/thriller covers and James Bond poster art (see
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Here’s another #SundayInTheStacks for those of you who miss touching old books. Let’s take a look at Charles Dickens’ great unfinished last work, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870). Dickens’
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Cozy bastard Now he’s watching the ghosts
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As I finish up my presentation on C.L. Moore, a quick note on women writing under gender neutral pen names. Source after source claims that C.L. Moore was trying to
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Happy birthday to one of the loves of my life, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. I’ll be adding to this thread of Shelley-inspired pulp throughout the day. Starting with... This recently-acquired nine
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