By: Elina Shatkin

“A woman whose life’s poetry never sank to prose.”

By: Anthony Miller

A resolute seeker of forbidden knowledge.

By: Elina Shatkin

She married adventure, but made it her own.

By: Elina Shatkin

“I am the sun, the star, the earl, the lion, the light from heaven and the Queen.”

By: Elina Shatkin

The aviatrix who taught Amelia Earhart how to fly.

By: Elina Shatkin

A tattooed, cigar-chomping, cross-dressing, knife-collecting speed demon.

By: Peggy Nelson

The ship must break free, or be crushed like a walnut.

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from BARBARELLA (1968)

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from BUCKAROO BANZAI (1984)

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from RAISING ARIZONA (1987)

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)

By: Barbara Bogaev

He set a record that will not be broken until man finds water amongst the stars.

By: Catherynne M. Valente

The whore to Annie Oakley’s virgin in American myth.