David B
@dbenjam.bsky.social
I am here for literature, art, and to learn. I am working on my master’s in English Literature and hope to eventually obtain a PhD with an emphasis on British Literature.
I want to prompt this website to anyone is passionate about open access to literature www.onlinelitscholars.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I want to prompt this website to anyone is passionate about open access to literature www.onlinelitscholars.org
How stunning is this? Lapis
January 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
How stunning is this? Lapis
The semester has started. Taking Shakespeare and Hemingway - not together. ;)
January 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The semester has started. Taking Shakespeare and Hemingway - not together. ;)
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Internet Archive's founder, @brewster.kahle.org, spoke with @wbur.org's Megna Chakrabarti about the lawsuits against the Internet Archive, the importance of archiving the web, and the "constantly renewed mythological goal" of the Library of Alexandria.
🎧 Listen now: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
🎧 Listen now: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
The Internet Archive is in danger
More than 900 billion webpages are preserved on The Wayback Machine, a history of humanity online. Now, copyright lawsuits could wipe it out.
www.wbur.org
January 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Internet Archive's founder, @brewster.kahle.org, spoke with @wbur.org's Megna Chakrabarti about the lawsuits against the Internet Archive, the importance of archiving the web, and the "constantly renewed mythological goal" of the Library of Alexandria.
🎧 Listen now: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
🎧 Listen now: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
“Modern journalism - by giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” - Oscar Wilde. Not much has changed I see.
January 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“Modern journalism - by giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” - Oscar Wilde. Not much has changed I see.
My first foray into Hegel
December 28, 2024 at 4:28 PM
My first foray into Hegel
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Line of people waiting to get into the New York Public Library during the holiday week. Libraries are essential community resources. They deserve to be funded, supported, and defended.
December 27, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Line of people waiting to get into the New York Public Library during the holiday week. Libraries are essential community resources. They deserve to be funded, supported, and defended.
Early morning reading in the bathroom so as not to wake my wife.
December 27, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Early morning reading in the bathroom so as not to wake my wife.
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It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
December 24, 2024 at 7:48 AM
It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
Contains both the 1890 Lippincott Monthly Magazine and the 1891 novel versions plus essays and criticism. Highly recommended
December 24, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Contains both the 1890 Lippincott Monthly Magazine and the 1891 novel versions plus essays and criticism. Highly recommended
Vermeer - A Lady Writing a Letter c. 1665
December 24, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Vermeer - A Lady Writing a Letter c. 1665
Really interesting, but challenging.
December 22, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Really interesting, but challenging.
Who is going? I will be there.
December 19, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Who is going? I will be there.
It’s so interesting to read his notebooks and see how his thoughts developed- especially in the area of aesthetics.
December 17, 2024 at 9:17 PM
It’s so interesting to read his notebooks and see how his thoughts developed- especially in the area of aesthetics.
Happy Birthday Beethoven!
a painting of a man with green hair and a red scarf pointing up
ALT: a painting of a man with green hair and a red scarf pointing up
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Happy Birthday Beethoven!
I just submitted my last paper for this semester. I am done! Now winter break!
December 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I just submitted my last paper for this semester. I am done! Now winter break!
Mona Lisa Lego in progress. A relaxing Sunday morning activity.
December 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Mona Lisa Lego in progress. A relaxing Sunday morning activity.
This is the book we are currently discussing in my online salon
December 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM
This is the book we are currently discussing in my online salon