Reading My First Horror Story
What makes the good scary story? I always thought that ghost tales told around a fire or in a dark
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Celebrating Zora Neale Hurston
Today would have been Zora Neale Hurston’s birthday. If you haven’t read anything by Hurston, “Their Eyes Were Watching God”
Mini-Reviews: The God of Small Things
If I were to ever choose a favorite book, this one would be among the top contenders. The prose is
Vonnegut: Life through fiction
There’s no doubt that life can be strange, difficult and confusing but Kurt Vonnegut —a veteran, writer and political dissident
Disappointing reads
I dropped Elsewhere by Richard Russo into the “return here” slot at my library the other day with some hesitation.
Happy Birthday, Walt Whitman
Photo taken in the late 19th century by Matthew Brady // via Wikimedia. Come, said my Soul Such verses for
Lorca’s corazon
Cancionilla del primer deseo En la mañana verde, quería ser corazón. Corazón. Y en la tarde madura quería ser ruiseñor.