Jacke Wilson
@jackewilson.bsky.social
Host of the History of Literature Podcast. Check it out at historyofliterature.com.
And O Brother Where Art Thou
August 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
And O Brother Where Art Thou
I might have added this one... m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71b...
December 21, 2024 at 10:50 AM
I might have added this one... m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71b...
December 9, 2024 at 1:16 PM
The daughter of a wealthy Chicago stockbroker, this was King's home in Lake Forest, IL. It may have inspired the house in The Great Gatsby.
December 7, 2024 at 10:43 AM
The daughter of a wealthy Chicago stockbroker, this was King's home in Lake Forest, IL. It may have inspired the house in The Great Gatsby.
Meet Ginevra King, one-time beau of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan. She rejected me, Fitzgerald later said, "with the most supreme boredom and indifference."
December 7, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Meet Ginevra King, one-time beau of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan. She rejected me, Fitzgerald later said, "with the most supreme boredom and indifference."
Another wintry poem: the opening stanza to Auden's famous memoriam to W.B. Yeats.
December 4, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Another wintry poem: the opening stanza to Auden's famous memoriam to W.B. Yeats.
Did I watch more Ozu yesterday? Yes indeed. (Floating Weeds, what a masterpiece.) And the Michigan football game? Yep. And Crash Landing on You (our second time through)? I did. Great British Bakeoff Final? Yep.
How's YOUR Thanksgiving weekend going?
How's YOUR Thanksgiving weekend going?
December 1, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Did I watch more Ozu yesterday? Yes indeed. (Floating Weeds, what a masterpiece.) And the Michigan football game? Yep. And Crash Landing on You (our second time through)? I did. Great British Bakeoff Final? Yep.
How's YOUR Thanksgiving weekend going?
How's YOUR Thanksgiving weekend going?
Good morning, had a great day yesterday with Godfather I and II. (Skipped the new "Coda" after watching the trailer.) Coppola's page-by-page notes on the original novel are astounding. miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fi...
November 30, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Good morning, had a great day yesterday with Godfather I and II. (Skipped the new "Coda" after watching the trailer.) Coppola's page-by-page notes on the original novel are astounding. miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fi...