Sep 01 2026
On September 1, we celebrate the birthday of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the American novelist whose imagination carried generations of readers into jungles, beneath the surface of the Earth, across lost prehistoric worlds, and all the way to Mars. Born in Chicago on September 1, 1875, Burroughs became one of the great architects of twentieth-century popular …
Jul 12 2026
Born on July 12, 1904, Pablo Neruda became one of the most widely read poets of the twentieth century, creating a body of work that could move from intimate love poems to surreal visions, celebrations of ordinary objects, political verse, sweeping histories of Latin America, and poems rooted in the landscapes of his native Chile. …
Feb 14 2022
Did you know that just thinking about love releases endorphins from the hypothalamus of the brain into the bloodstream? Chemical magic happens that makes us feel good. As with other themes, in writing about love we writers try our best to be original. Don’t want to fall into that netherworld of clichés. Don’t want to …
