Seldom does an anniversary of his death pass that I don't reflect on and find inspiration in the wit and wisdom of his words.
Among literary biographies of note were I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg by Bill Morgan, Zane Grey (2005) by Thomas H. Pauly, Frank Norris: A Life by Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., and Jesse S. Crisler, and The Wit in the Dungeon: The Remarkable Life of Leigh Hunt Poet, Revolutionary, and the Last of the Romantics (2005) by Anthony Holden.
Entitled More Money More Pagans 3, it is an uncompromising listen, 19 tracks of doom-laden street anthems and Auto-Tuned hooks, drenched in the wit and nihilism of east London's manors.
She had been impressed, she said by "the concision and coherence of the storytelling, in the originality of the interpretations, in the break from the romantic cliches of the genre: in the wit and style and heart".
And in the war of wits in the 5-0 Kiwi sweep of Prada, Butterworth clearly outmatched the Italian tactician Torben Grael, much to the disgust of the syndicate chief, Patrizio Bertelli.
The half-century of experience can be heard in the wit and beauty of Mr. Plummer's verse-speaking, and the care with which he shapes both a soliloquy and the role as a whole.
And they no longer seem to need the tragicomic Oscar; the young gays of today can revel in the wit and wisdom of Neil Patrick Harris.
This revival revels in the wit and neurotic comedy of Sondheim, but it is also full of cracked silences, ghostly regrets, and rage; and the unbearable loneliness of urban life, where everyone talks incessantly and nobody really communicates.
Retro they're not, except in the shared interest in backsides, and the wit of Bamforth and especially his star artist Donald McGill is effortlessly more subtle and rewarding.
It is what happened when you felt the compassion in his distinct voice, and laughed at the wit and grace in his words.
