Mid-Week Libation: La-La Means I Love You

Enheduana (the world's first author!), R&R's newest playlist, a Corsican apéritif, the illustrations of J. J. Grandville, wise words from Alain Locke & a powerful new documentary: Every Body!

Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!

Mid-Week Libations are back! And now in a brand new format with completely REVAMPED content, including something special that we're adding specifically for fans of our podcast . . . audio clips of Ryan & Ryan!

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Seal of Inanna, 2350-2150 BCE [Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons]

Explore the World of Enheduana: The fascinating woman who is also the world’s first known author!

“Now celebrated as the first known author in literary history, Enheduana was a princess and priestess who lived more than four thousands years ago.”

• Great Introductory Article: “Where Next for the World’s First Author?” by Sophus Helle (via Yale University Press)

• Amazing Website to Dive Into: Explore the World of Enheduana

• Wikipedia Entry on Enheduana [aka Enheduanna or En-hedu-ana]

Read the new translation - Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author by Sophus Helle:

Purchase here.

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R&R’s Newest Playlist: La La La La La La La [this playlist has a theme!]

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Essential Documentary Viewing: Every Body (2023) — directed by Julie Cohen (director of RBG, Julia, My Name is Pauli Murray)

Click Here for Digital Streaming Options (multiple platforms)

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Wildstar's Wednesday Apéritif: L.N. Mattei Cap Corse Quinquina Blanc (Corsica, France)

Purchase via Wine-Searcher

• Click here for more information plus 18 cocktail recipes! (via Haus Alpenz)

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The Art of Illustrator & Caricaturist J. J. Grandville (September 13, 1803 - March 17, 1847)

1) Waiting for a Guest; 2) An Afternoon at the Jardin des Plantes; 3) Carnival in a Bottle; 4) Dahlia; 5) Water Lily; 6) Wait Wait! Little Cat; 7) How will they all get on? Omnibus . . .Omnibus; 8) Luncheon; 9) The Wanderings of a Comet [All images public domain via Wikimedia Commons]

• “Grandville, Visions, and Dreams” by Patricia Mainardi (via The Public Domain Review)

• Free Illustrated Ebooks by J. J. Grandville! (via Project Gutenberg)

• Hundreds of Illustrations by J. J. Grandville (via Wikimedia Commons)

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Artists Born Today: September 13th

Visual Artists:

Today is the birthday of Jan Brueghel the Younger, Santō Kyōden, J. J. Grandville, William Henry Rinehart, Marian Hooper Adams, Anna Lea Merritt, Catharine Carter Critcher, George Washington Lambert, Aina Onabolu, Richard Paul Lohse, Joseph Delaney, Kristians Tonny, Victor Reinganum, Lili Pancu, Édouard Boubat, Jack Coutu, Namboothiri, Robert Indiana, Jerome Witkin, Joel-Peter Witkin, Tadao Ando, Ferne Jacobs, Jules T. Allen, Sevada Grigoryan, Kevin Carter, Jana Farmanová, Stella McCartney and Molly Crabapple!

Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:

Today is the birthday of Maria Louise Baldwin, Lutie Stearns, Sherwood Anderson, Alain LeRoy Locke, Pierre Reverdy, J. B. Priestley, Leonard Feather, Roald Dahl, Mary Midgley, Antonia Pantoja, Natália Correia, Miroslav Holub, Adrienne Kennedy, Lauretta Ngcobo, Mildred D. Taylor, Ron Allen and Hiromi Itō!

Musicians & Composers:

Today is the birthday of Clara Schumann, Arnold Schoenberg, Elisabeth Kuyper, Jorge Bravo de Rueda, Chu Berry, Bill Monroe, Yma Sumac, Charles Brown, Harold Blair, Maurice Jarre, Mel Tormé, Elaine Delmar, Gene Page, Randy Jones, Don Was, Joni Sledge, Ezio Bosso and Fiona Apple!

Film/TV/Stage:

Today is the birthday of Claudette Colbert, Mae Questel, Barbara Bain, Don Bluth, Jacqueline Bisset, Frank Marshall, Nell Carter, Jean Smart, David Shiner, Tyler Perry, Amma Asante and Kahmora Hall!

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This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954)

“Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid.” — Alain LeRoy Locke [Source: Quotefancy]

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