‘Have you ever noticed,’ Henry asked Peter, ‘That philosophy and literature classrooms have quite a common Nomenclature? Well it’s not… Read more The Humanities
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Happy Birthday Virginia Woolf
Happy Birthday Robert Burns
Poet Robert Burns was born #OnThisDay in 1759. From our collection, this design for a silver urn features miniatures of Shakespeare (on… Read more Happy Birthday Robert Burns
The Characters
Dulcinea from ‘Don Quijote’, Crazy Rhoda Zimmerman from ‘The Odd Couple’, and Godot from ‘Waiting For Godot’ met weekly at… Read more The Characters
We Romantics
We romantics meet regularly To pore over our Norton Anthologies. Outside our window There always seems to be Quite a… Read more We Romantics
Friday 56: ‘Sophie’s World’, By Jostein Gaarder
Sophie put on a summer dress and hurried down to the kitchen. Her mother was standing by the kitchen table. … Read more Friday 56: ‘Sophie’s World’, By Jostein Gaarder
Green Eggs And Spam
Green eggs and spam were on sale a few months ago at my local grocer, so I thought I’d give… Read more Green Eggs And Spam
Jodi Picoult and Flannery O’Connor
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) * 4.34 · Rating details · 198,652 ratings · 20,856 reviews Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse… Read more Jodi Picoult and Flannery O’Connor
Blogging From A To Z~Letter V
A Villanelle is a type of poem, originally from Italy, which has nineteen lines, a strict pattern of repetition, and… Read more Blogging From A To Z~Letter V
Blogging From A To Z Challenge~Letter S
A Sonnet is a 14~line poem with a variable rhyme scheme. It is of Italian origin. It was brought to… Read more Blogging From A To Z Challenge~Letter S
