Great Regulars: As a young woman, [Ursula K.] Le Guin

wrote while her children were asleep or at school. Her poems were often published, but it wasn't until 1962 that her genre-defying storytelling found a literary home. Two stories sold within months of each other: one, a work of fantastical historical fiction, paid her with copies of the magazine it was printed in. The other, a science fiction piece, earned her $30. It was then that, she says, she made the decision to write for the more lucrative market.

from findingDulcinea: Happy Birthday: Ursula K. Le Guin, Writer

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[Pablo] Picasso died on April 8, 1973, of a heart attack at his home in France. At the time of his death, his estate was valued at $50 million. His will left his large private art collection to the Louvre Museum in Paris. Information about current exhibitions and auctions of his work can be found at Picasso's official Web site.

Time magazine said of Picasso, "His death left the public with a nostalgia for genius that no talent today, in the field of painting, can satisfy."

from findingDulcinea: Happy Birthday: Pablo Picasso, Painter

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Although poetry can sometimes be perceived as an old-fashioned medium, Pinsky is a technophile. In 1984, he wrote the script for a text-based adventure game, "Mindwheel," in which the player must restore a world from chaos by probing the knowledge of four deceased residents. The game was released with a book (written by another author) that featured some of Pinsky's poems as keys to the game.

from findingDulcinea: Happy Birthday: Robert Pinsky, Former US Poet Laureate

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