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Calendar of Literary Events:

Monday, May 16th, 1763

First Encounter James Boswell and Samuel Johnson meet in the back parlor of Tom Davies bookshop in London. Shortly afterward Boswell celebrates by finding a whore. From the second encounter he suffers for months and almost misses the opportunity presented by his new acquaintance.

Tuesday, May 12th, 1812

Born: Edward Lear Poet and artist, and silly old goat. "The owl and the pussy cat went to sea, in a beautiful pea-green boat."

Monday, May 12th, 1828

Born: Dante Gabriel Rossetti In london to Itlian parents. "Not in thy body is thy life at all, but in this lady's lips, and hands, and eyes."

Monday, May 16th, 1836

WED Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old tubercular cousin, Virginia Clemm, yet again proving misery loves company.

Thursday, May 15th, 1856

Born: Lyman Frank Baum In Chittenango, New York. What a wonderful wizard he was. Because.

Wednesday, May 9th, 1860

Born: James M. Barrie Scots novelist, playwright. "Every time a child says 'I don't believe in fairies,' there is a little fairy somewhere who falls down dead.

Thursday, May 15th, 1890

Katherine Anne Porter Near San Antonio, Texas. Master of the short story.

Monday, May 13th, 1907

Born: Daphne du Maurier In London. Author of Rebecca. You may never return to Manderley except in de Winter.

 

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