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- Books - The Greatest Love Affair?
Have you heard (or read) about the Brothers Karamazov? What about "an intriguing man named Gatsby"? It may be surprising to you that a mention of Karamazov or Gatsby would... - Celebrate WOMEN - It's Women's History Month
Women's History Month is the perfect time to celebrate the accomplishments of women writers, but it's also important to remember famous heroines, who have played such a major role in... - AH... But to Read One More Classic!
Why do you read the classics? Is it for enjoyment? Are you educating yourself on the history of literature? Perhaps you're taking a course in high school or college. Or,... - Sorrow's Kitchen
Zora Neale Hurston wrote stories, novels, plays, and folklore. A born storyteller, she was part of the Harlem Renaissance of African-American writers. "I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked... - To-The-Death: Death Be Not Proud
John Gunther was already an established journalist when he wrote Death Be Not Proud. He'd also written a number of works of fiction and nonfiction. But, of all of his... - Lovely Light: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923 for The Ballad of the Harp Weaver. Other works include: Renascence (1917) and Second April (1921). She was... - Epistolary Novel in the Rediscovery Vein...
Some stories, novels, or poems come out only after a bit of detective work... They might have been lost to us, but that's just part of the discovery--in the realization... - Thou Ill-Form'd Offspring - Anne Bradstreet
In Charlotte Gordon's fascinating biography, Mistress Bradstreet, Anne Bradstreet emerges as "an electrifying personality"--the first New World poet with her bestselling volume of American poetry. Experience Anne Bradstreet like never... - What IS It? Love?
Is it forbidden, lost, found, or just plain romance? Read more the love, romance, and also about Valentine's Day in literature... Take a look at a few books about... - Thomas Hardy's Controversial Writing
Jude the Obscure features one of those catch-in-your-throat, tragic scenes in literature, particularly when you aren't prepared for it. In 1895, when Thomas Hardy first published his novel, the...
