William Bruce McIlvaine
@redsky68
Rock music journalist and magazine editor. Unapologetic progressive. Live in New York with my wife, the novelist PJ McIlvaine. Love blues, Southern cooking, film noir, classic American literature. Blog at lifeisascreendoor.wordpress.com.
William Shakespeare died on this day, 1616, at age 52. It may have been his own birthday, which is not known, but he was christened on April 26, 1564. Three days was a common interval at that time.
Author of the Year: 1981. The most significant author who died in this year. William Saroyan (1906-1981). #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #WilliamSaroyan #bookworms #book #booklovers #amreading #reader #readerslovebooks #readersgonnaread #readers #reading #readingiswonderful #readingisfundamental
Authors of the Year: 1982. The most significant authors who died in this year. John Cheever (1912-1982) John Gardner (1933-1982) #Booksky #AuthorsoftheYear #JohnCheever #JohnGardner #booklovers #readerslovebooks #readersgonnaread #readers #reading #readingiswonderful
Author of the Year: 1983. The most significant author who died in this year. Tennessee Williams (1911-1983). #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #TennesseeWilliams #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers #amreading #reader #readerslovebooks #readersgonnaread #readers #reading
Author of the Year: 1984 The most significant author who died in this year. Truman Capote (1924-1984). #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #TrumanCapote #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers #amreading #reader #readerslovebooks #readersgonnaread #readers #reading #readingiswonderful
Author of the Year: 1985. The most significant author who died in this year. Robert Graves (1895-1985). #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #RobertGraves r #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers #amreading #reader #readerslovebooks #readersgonnaread #readers #reading
Author of the Year: 1986. The most significant author who died in this year. Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). #Booksky #AuthoftheYear #JorgeLuisBorges #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers #amreading #readingiswonderful #readingisfundamental #readmorebooks
Author of the Year: 1987 The most significant author who died in this year. James Baldwin (1924-1987). #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #JamesBaldwin #AfricanAmericanAuthors
Cheap Paperbacks of the Day Franny and Zooey, by J. D. Salinger, Bantam Books, 1969, $1.50. The Painted Bird, by Jerzy Kosinski, Pocket Books, 1971, $1.25. #Booksky #Cheappaperbacks #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Cheap Paperbacks of the Day The Inheritors, by William Golding, Pocket Books, 1967, 75 cents. The Harder They Fall, by Budd Schulberg, Corgi Books, 1962, 5s 6d (British), approx. 75 cents (American). #Booksky #Cheappaperbacks #WilliamGolding #Buddschulberg www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Author of the Year: 1988. The most significant author who died in this year. Raymond Carver (1938-1988). #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #RaymondCarver #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers #amreading #reader #readerslovebooks
Cheap Paperbacks of the Day The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper, by John D. MacDonald, Fawcett Gold Medal Books, 1968, 75 cents. From Russia with Love, by Ian Fleming, Signet / New American Library, 1965, 60 cents. #Booksky #Cheappaperbacks www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Author of the Year: 1989. The most significant author died in this year. Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). #Booksky #Authoroftheyear #Samuelbeckett #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers #amreading #reader #readerslovebooks #readersgonnaread
Author of the Year: 1990. The most significant author who died in this year. Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990). #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #Alexandriaquartet #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers
Cheap Paperbacks of the Day. In the Shadow of Man, by Jane van Lawick-Goodall, Dell, 1972, $1.50. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig, Bantam Books, 1976, $2.50. #Booksky #Cheappaperbacks #readerslovebooks #readersgonnaread www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Cheap Paperbacks of the Day Sayonara, by James Michener, Bantam Books, 75 cents. Under the Volcano, by Malcolm Lowry, Vintage Books, $1.25 #Booksky #Cheappaperbacks #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers #amreading #reader #readerslovebooks www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Author of the Year: 1991. The most significant author who died in this year. Graham Greene (1904-1991) #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #bookishreader #bookworms #book #booklovers #amreading #reader #readerslovebooks #readersgonnaread #readers #reading
Authors of the Year: 1992. The most significant authors who died in this year (for different reasons. Richard Yates (1926-1992) Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
Cheap Paperbacks of the Day Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse, New Directions, 1957, $1.25. The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, Avon Camelot Edition, 1966, 60 cents. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b... #Booksky #Cheappaperbacks #Reading #Fentasy #HermannHesse #KennethGrahame
Author of the Year: 1993 The most significant author who died in this year. Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #AnthonyBurgess #ClockworkOrange #Britishnovelists
Cheap Paperbacks of the Day The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain, by Mark Twain, Bantam Books, 1965, $1.25. The Journey to the East, by Hermann Hesse, Bantam Books, 1972, $1.50. #Booksky #Cheappaperbacks #MarkTwain #HermannHesse www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Cheap Paperbacks of the Day. The Story of Jazz, by Marshall Stearns, Mentor Books / New American Library, 1958, 50 cents. A Century of Science Fiction, by Damon Knight, Dell, 1962, 75 cents. #Booksky #Cheappaperbacks #jazz #sciencefiction www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Author of the Year: 1994. The most significant author who died in this year. Ralph Ellison (1914-1994). #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #RalphEllison #InvisibleMan #Africanamericanauthors #Americannovelists
Author of the Year: 1995. The most significant author who died in this year. Kingsley Amis (1922-1995). #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear
Cheap Paperbacks of the Day The Greek Way to Western Civilization, by Edith Hamilton, Mentor Books / New American Library, 1963, 60 cents. Sartoris, by William Faulkner, Signet Classics / New American Library, 1964, 95 cents. #Cheappaperbacks #Booksky www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Author of the Year: 1996 The most significant author who died in this year. Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #JosephBrodsky #Nobel
Author of the Year: 1997 The most significant author who died in this year. James Dickey (1923-1997) #Booksky #AuthoroftheYear #JamesDickey #Deliverance