Oh boy have I found a great book! Poet Jim Carroll was finishing this thing up when he passed away in 2009. I have only read 73 pages so far but I recognize this as one of the greatest novels I have ever read. A New York painter reacts strongly to some paintings by Velazquez, [...]
Head over to Literary Kicks to try your literary knowledge against a cool puzzle. Guess what the picture is of and what it has to do with a book. This kind of thing can keep you going for hours while you hunt through your book collection for clues and learn about fascinating web sites you [...]
adapted by Donalson Latour One day Mr. Cat and Mr. Dog were in a discussion about going to God to ask him a favor. Mr. Cat says he was going to God to ask him “can dead people don’t come back to life,” and Mr. Dog says he was going to ask God “can dead [...]
It’s National Poetry Month! That means that bookstores, publishers and bloggers all over the U.S. and elsewhere are celebrating poetry in all its forms. There’s a poem-a-day series that will email you one poem each day for the entire month. Poets.org has instructions for teachers trying to motivate students to enjoy poetry in the classroom [...]
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