On Gold Mountain: If you love Lisa See’s fiction, try this
The amazing story that is the basis for Lisa See’s amazing novels.
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The 10 Wild Ways of Your Favorite Children’s Books
The people who write children’s literature are wilder than you ever imagined.
Two Poems About Aging Well by Rita Dove
This post is part of a month long spotlight on the poet Rita Dove, which we are concluding, fittingly, with poems about aging. They are both included in her collection On the Bus with Rosa Parks. Also don’t miss her new collection, published August, 2021, Playlist for the Apocalypse. Against Self Pity Against Self Pity …
Two Poems about Books by Rita Dove
How does reading two poems appearing side by side in a collection show us different ideas? What does Rita Dove want us to understand about reading by putting these poems in a collection about “Freedom”?
The Queens of Animation by Nathalia Holt
If You Like Your Disney Princesses, You’ll Love the WOMEN Who Created Them (and much more) Like so many other fields that we’re finding out about these days, there were a lot of women working in Disney animation whose significant contributions have gone mostly uncredited until now. That’s the story of The Queens of Animation. …
Poet Langston Hughes’ Novel “Not Without Laughter”
The Novel You Need to Read You probably know of Langston Hughes’ poetry, but did you know that he also wrote prose? It isn’t nearly as well known as his poetry, but as I recently discovered, Langston Hughes’ novels and stories are definitely worth a read. The way I found this book proves the importance …
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The Song of Despair, a poem by Pablo Neruda
Today we have our last poem from our July spotlight poet, Pablo Neruda. I couldn’t leave you without the “Song of Despair” that comes after the 20 love poems. Don’t forget to check The Lois Level for our other entries! As always, my response is below, but read the poem and formulate your own response …
A Few of the Girls, short stories by Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy’s stories make me feel cool, because that’s the Irish climate, and cozy, because of all of the family and friends. Try them yourself.
Leaning into the Afternoons, A Poem by Pablo Neruda
How are feelings of love like the sea and sky in the evening?
The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Drelinger
The mission of Danielle Drelinger’s new book, The Secret History of Home Economics is to show that home economics was and is about a lot more than girls spending their school years learning how to be housekeepers, or providing a career path for “failed” wives as home economics teachers.
