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“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Frederick Douglass born this day

2/14/1818 - 2/20/1895
February 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Langston Hughes was born this day
2/1/1902 - 5/22/1967
February 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Norman Mailer
1/31/1923 - 11/10/2007
January 31, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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William S. Burroughs born this day
2/5/1914 - 8/2/1997
February 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Toni Morrison
2/18/1931 - 8/5/2019

“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
February 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
paulacappa.bsky.social
Literary Birthday, Gaston Leroux May 6 (1868 - 1927).
We remember Gaston from his most famous novel, "The Phantom of the Opera," published in 1910—a Gothic, monstrous and tragic love story. #Booksky #humpday #Blueskyers #Blueskyreaders #horrornovels #horrorauthors #literarybirthdays #readersky
May 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Literary Birthday. Do you recognize this woman? A bestselling British novelist. Mary Stewart, September 17, 1916. Bests known for her Gothic novels and romantic suspense. #Booksky #Readersky #Blueskyers #Blueskyreaders
#Gothicauthors #mysteries #literarybirthdays #blueskybooks #Thursdayvibes
September 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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J. M. Coetzee
2/9/1940
February 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Ransom Riggs
Born 2/3/1980
February 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
joerouse.bsky.social
“I'm in a constant process of thinking about things.”
#RichardBrautigan #literarybirthdays
January 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Author Karen Blixen's birth date today. "Write a little every day, without hope, without despair." www.writerswrite.co.za/literary-bir... #Booksky #readers #KarenBlixen #literarybirthdays #womenwriters #shortstories #OutOfAfrica #SevenGothicTales #blueskybooks #blueskyreads #readersky #authorsky
Literary Birthday – 17 April – Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen.
www.writerswrite.co.za
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
joerouse.bsky.social
“He that loves reading has everything within his reach.”
#WilliamGodwin #literarybirthdays
March 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Boris Pasternak born this day
2/10/1890 - 5/30/1960
February 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
joerouse.bsky.social
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
#Confucius #literarybirthdays
August 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”
#JackKerouac #literarybirthdays
March 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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“Angry people are not always wise.”
#JaneAusten #literarybirthdays
December 16, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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Arthur Schopenhauer born this day
2/22/1788 - 9/21/1860
“To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them…” Arthur Schopenhauer. There is a colorful clock in the upper left. It is made of books. There is a man looking at the clock. It is not Schopenhauer. It is Kim Taehyung with his blonde Layover look.
February 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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James Joyce born this day
2/2/1882 - 1/13/1941
“Life is too short to read a bad book.” A quote by James Joyce. There are a lot of old books in the background. Kim Taehyung has a book in front of his face. He’s wearing an ivory suit and matching hat and a dark tie.
February 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
joerouse.bsky.social
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
#JaneAusten #literarybirthdays
December 16, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Warren Ellis born this day
2/16/1968
Author of Gun Machine
Quote by Warren Ellis “Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea of yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists”.
February 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
joerouse.bsky.social
“To know silence perfectly is to know music.”
#CarlSandburg #literarybirthdays

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January 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Linda Grant born this day
2/15/1951
Author of I Murdered my Library
A quote from Linda Grant “You cannot have a taste for minimalist decor if you seriously read books.” There is a picture of a seriously cluttered space with books lining the walls and table. I photoshopped Kim Taehyung into the space. He’s wearing brown leather shorts, argyle vest in soft blues and leather jacket. Left arm stretches over his head as he looks down.
February 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
joerouse.bsky.social
“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
#DavidFosterWallace #literarybirthdays
February 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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“The dearest ones of time, the strongest friends of the soul -- books.”
#EmilyDickinson #literarybirthdays

@cincylibrary.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 4:59 PM