Elizabeth Barrett Browning (6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861).

Click Here to Read: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861).  Victorian visionary of passionate love and public justice by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Substack on March 4, 2026. 

Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Based on image found at http://www.noelcollection.org/noel/Duykinck/browning.html archive copy at the Wayback Machine  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Jacob Elordi, Heathcliff and the Controversy Over ‘Wuthering Heights’

Click Here to Read: Jacob Elordi, Heathcliff and the Controversy Over ‘Wuthering Heights’ The character’s racial identity is at the heart of accusations that the film’s casting is “whitewashing.” But what does the original novel really say? By Esther Zuckerman in The New York TImes on February 13, 2026.

Click Here To Read: “If you’re going to show us two freaks in love, show us two freaks in love” A “Wuthering Heights” roundtable with Elissa Suh, Radhika Jones, and Eliza Brooke on the Substack Post on February 16, 2026. 

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)

Click Here to Read: Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) Art, beauty, and terror in perfect rhythm by Robert Goodman on the Spoken Word Poetry Substack on January 28, 2026.

Edgar Allan Poe. Image: W.S. Hartshorn (1848 daguerreotype). C.T. Tatman (1904 photo of a c. 1848-1860 photo of daguerreotype missing since 1860).  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.