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From My Bookshelf: Nineteenth, Seamus, Norton
In the spirit of National Poetry Month, I am featuring three of my poetry anthologies – well, the three poetry anthologies – from my bookshelf. I used to be quite adverse to poetry because I could never get past its fleeting feeling (I definitely never willingly read long poems) and it’s a lot more work to read most poetry than it is to read prose. Yeah, I said it, for all of you who disagree. But by now, in my old [mid-twenties] age, there are a few poems that I enjoy reading over and over again, and most of those few happen to be in American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Opened Ground…
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2018 Blogiversary
April: National Poetry Month, the Diamond Month, the showers of which bring flowers in May, and my WordPress blogiversary. I specify WordPress blogiversary because I didn’t really take my blogging seriously until I made the switch to WP, in April of 2015 (read about the switch here). I have been blogging since about the summer of 2014, but some life changes in that same fall and winter had me reevaluate many things, least of all blogging. Since that April of 2015, I’ve narrowed my blog focus, activated my own domain, and have connected with many inspiring people here in the blogosphere. This past year, and especially in the last six months…
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2018 Reading Challenge | March
Well, I was hoping for as much momentum to reach my goals this month as I had in January and lost in February, but it did not manifest. As you can see from my Goodreads list (which I have been staying on top of!), I’m currently reading multiple books, which I will talk about in addition to those I’ve finished. I also want to mention that April is my blogiversary – so I have a few things in the works that I hope you’ll come by to check out. I’ll be posting tomorrow with more details, but before then, here is my March Reading Challenge Wrap-Up.
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Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales: The Jew Among Thorns
“There was once a rich man who had a servant who served him diligently and honestly.” The title of this fairy tale gave me an uneasy feeling when I first read it, and that uneasiness was justified in the tale itself. The first line I typed above does not mention the character from the title, so before I get into the anti-Semitic details I’ll share with you how the story progresses, in case you have not read (and/or do not plan to read) this fairy tale.
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From My Bookshelf: Silent, Secret, Bloom
This From My Bookshelf post is inspired by the spring equinox; I’ve chosen the following books because of their subject matter, covers, titles, and/or a combination of all three. This post features one of the few nonfiction titles living on my shelves, as well as an old favorite, and a childhood book: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Bloomability by Sharon Creech.
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Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales: The Old Beggar-Woman
“There was once an old woman, but thou hast surely seen an old woman go a-begging before now?”
