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Literary cat, in silhouette… b a d c
fuckyeahbookarts: Lillian Gish reading with a white kitten on her shoulder b a d c
And finally, bringing our survey of cat-loving poets into the contemporary era, the Canadian poet and novelist Margaret Atwood is a confirmed cat lover. In 1977, she drew a cartoon of herself covered in cats, writing, “I have a lot of cats. What else can you do with a B.A. these days?” An unofficial survey reports that the sentiment rings true for many English majors today. (via A Cartoon Tribute To Cats, And The Poets Who Loved Them : NPR) b a d c
In Victorian England, the gifted poet Christina Rossetti had a weakness for longhaired cats. According to a biographer, her family visited France, and Rossetti’s favorite part of the vacation was not Notre Dame, not the Seine — but the Persian cat in a hotel in Normandy. Her own semi-Persian was named Muff, and it might be Muff, under the more poetic pseudonym “Grimalkin,” who inspired the feline elegy quoted here. (via A Cartoon Tribute To Cats, And The Poets Who Loved Them : NPR) b a d c
In one of Elizabeth Bishop’s best-known poems, “One Art,” she writes that “the art of losing isn’t hard to master.” She could have followed that up with “the art of calming down an anxious cat, on the other hand, is very hard to master” — but I guess that doesn’t scan as well. Still, she did seem to spend a fair amount of time soothing nervous kittens. She wrote a lullaby for her American cat, Minnow, and wrote another poem about her Brazilian cat, Tobias, panicking during lightning storms. (via A Cartoon Tribute To Cats, And The Poets Who Loved Them : NPR) b a d c
Continuing our celebration of National Poetry Month, Francesco Marciuliano (author of I Could Pee on This and I Could Chew on This) presents The Cat vs. Dog Poetry Slam. Who do you think comes out on top? b a d c
In honor of National Poetry Month, 5 lucky Facebook fans will win a copy of I Could Pee on This And Other Poems by Cats, a signed poster, and cat poetry stickers! Enter on our Facebook page for your chance to win. b a d c
teachingliteracy: Lecture Cat by ~Vk-Queen b a d c
April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, cartoonist and cat poet Francesco Marciuliano (author of I Could Pee on This And Other Poems by Cats) created Beatnik Cat… b a d c
Just discovered Shit My Cats Read. So much for getting anything done for the rest of the day. shitmycatsread: Chloe: “OMFG WHAT IS REAL? WHAT IS TRUTH? WHAT IS LOVE? IS SCOTT GOING TO KILL US? ARE WE GOING TO KILL SCOTT? HOW SOON BEFORE THEY RUIN THIS WITH A MOVIE? WILL GILLIAN FLYNN COME OVER AND ALTERNATELY SCARE US/PET US?” b a d c
webbys: And she’ll never be ready for her close-up. b a d c
laughingsquid: Game of Thrones Characters as Cats b a d c
jennwitte: trying to make them seem more human by adding cats so we don’t become kobots b a d c
Spotted outside Skylight Books in LA. Update: Just found the Tumblr of Jenn Witte, the staffer who draws all the amazing stuff at this bookstore. b a d c
George Takei 4ever. b a d c
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