The Weirdest of the Weird Books Gen-Xers bought at Waldenbooks Go Ask Alice (and Jay) about Satanic Panic If you are a Gen-Xer, at some point you probably ran across Go Ask Alice, with its mysterious cover and author, Anonymous. Go Ask Alice, published in the early 1970’s, is technically a Baby Boomer book. Jay’s …
The amazing story that is the basis for Lisa See’s amazing novels.
The people who write children’s literature are wilder than you ever imagined.
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 …
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”?
