“The Calaveras of Jose Posada”
Check out this sweet gallery of José Posada’s calaveras!
“Wilkie Collins’ The Haunted House”
BBC Radio 4 has an adaptation of Wilkie Collins’ “The Haunted House.” “In 1860, the formidable Countess Narona marries a rich young aristocrat in London–but shortly after travelling to Venice her husband dies, apparently of natural causes, leaving the Countess a rich woman. Years later, guests in a […]
“A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction”
At Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, author Nisi Shawl offers “A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction.” In 1909 Harvard’s president, Charles W. Eliot, issued a 51-volume anthology he claimed could provide its owners with a complete liberal arts education. In the same vein, I’ve pulled […]
Emily Dickinson’s Holiday Advice
Poet Emily Dickinson shares her advice for spending the holidays alone.
A Collection of Calaveras
The Library of Congress has scans of José Guadalupe Posada broadsheet illustrations, including many calaveras for your enjoyment!
Black Victoriana
A gallery of photographs of people of African descent from the Victorian era. (Via Kit Marlowe)
The Cultural Gutter 