by Alex Dalenberg | Aug 25, 2014 | Books, News, people
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.The Dalenberg Library blog was created (in part) to highlight unique books, or forgotten books, or collectible editions in the Library. I have often digressed from that task to discuss music or art or films. But I have a lot of...
by Alex Dalenberg | Apr 2, 2014 | Antique Book Reports, Books
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.April 1, 2014Every now and then the Dalenberg Library of Antique Popular Literature gets ambitious and tries to live up to its name by buying something that is truly antique. This month we are proud to announce the acquisition of a...
by Alex Dalenberg | Jan 6, 2014 | Books, Comics, History, Television
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.January 5, 2014 An important centennial sneaked by un-noticed this October 28: the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first Krazy Kat comic strip by George Herriman. The character of Krazy Kat had first appeared in Herriman’s...
by Alex Dalenberg | Dec 2, 2013 | Books, Travel
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.December 1, 2013We here at the Dalenberg Library are all about literary pilgrimages. I’ve personally been to Edgar Poe’s grave in Baltimore, which is in a slightly creepy city churchyard with actual crypts, where Poe is buried with his female...
by Alex Dalenberg | Nov 25, 2013 | Books, History, people
W.E.B. DuBois, the leading African-American intellectual of his time, from Molesworth’s new biography of Countee Cullen. Both Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes were championed by DuBois, who was an influence to both poets. DuBois’ famous book, The Souls of Black...
by Alex Dalenberg | Sep 23, 2013 | Books, History, people
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D. September 22, 2013 Almost forgotten by the American reading public today, but still exerting far-ranging influence among fantasists, and a cornerstone author of the Dalenberg Library, we come to James Branch Cabell. Like most people, I used...
