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The House of Incest

Henry Miller

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023
Henry Miller
Henry Miller in 1940

Also see: The Noctambule

There was a Chinese sequel to the Oz books

There was a Chinese sequel to the Oz books

When L. Frank Baum died in 1919, his Oz novels were continued by Ruth Plumly Thompson and illustrated by Baum's illustrator John R. Neill. Their very first collaboration, The Royal Book of Oz (1921) is set in China and there is plenty of imperialist yellow peril thinking going
Aug 11, 2025 2 min read
Vermeer's letter writers

Vermeer's letter writers

If there was one painter who captured the agonies of love letters well, it was surely Johannes Vermeer of Delft, in the Netherlands. These 6 paintings are listed in my order of preference and while I admire the use of light from the window and the colors (lapis lazuli blues
Aug 4, 2025 4 min read
Syphilis came from the Americas

Syphilis came from the Americas

Casanova appears to have escaped the disfigurements of skin sores on the face and genitals, the "purple flowers" or lesions caused by syphilis (Treponema pallidum). But his memoir is full of lively anecdotes about syphilis and other STI's, some of which he was responsible for spreading,
Jul 28, 2025 2 min read
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  • A Tale of Two Women
  • The Age of Consent
  • Alice's Mirrors
  • Angel Incarnate
  • Beauty & the Beast
  • Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
  • From Russia with Love
  • Homer's Women
  • The House of Incest
  • How to Look at a Naked Lady
  • Immortal Beloved
  • The Judgment of Paris
  • Kama Sutra
  • Letters from Africa
  • Life as Opera
  • Loki's Children
  • Oz is China
  • Poison Pen Letters
  • Precious Bodily Fluids
  • Sacred Prostitute
  • Spinster
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Splendour in the Grass
  • The Town Square
  • Vampires in Venice
  • Voices and Saints
  • The Whore's Revenge
  • The Woman in the Bower
  • Women in Trousers
  • About the Author
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