The Birth of Venus and Other Beauties

The Birth of Venus and Other Beauties

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Writings and a podcast on literature, poetry, theater, music and the fine arts. An exploration of the artistic ideal. You'll not find postmodernist "ideas" here, unless they are the occasional victims of defenestration.

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About Richard Kuslan

Richard Kuslan is a reader and writer. "Go, write it in a martial hand, be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and full of invention. Taunt him with the licence of ink...About it!" -- Sir Toby Belch, TWELFTH NIGHT, III, i.