With only a few more days left in National Poetry Month, we want to highlight one of the last major events of this month’s celebration: Poem in Your Pocket Day. This year, Poem in Your Pocket Day will be held …
Category: Holidays
Seven Reads To Lift Your Holiday Spirit
The hustle and bustle of the holiday season are in full swing. While some of us may be roasting chestnuts on an open fire, others are feeling overwhelmed by the chaos. Winter is the perfect reading season, so why not …
6 Feminist Literary Costume Ideas
It’s October, so the search for the perfect costume has begun! This year, why not put something together other than the half-hearted whiskers and cat ears you’ve been sporting in a rush to the costume party? Or maybe you take …
Celebrate Bloomsday and Learn About James Joyce!
Here at eNotes, we love the opportunity to celebrate literature and our favorite authors, and it just so happens that one of the most internationally recognized literary holidays is right around the corner!
Read More "Celebrate Bloomsday and Learn About James Joyce!"
April is National Poetry Month! Here Are 14 Ways to Celebrate
These days, it seems like so many arbitrary things now have their own “National Day” (or week, or month—National Candied Orange Peel Day*, anyone?), but Poetry Month is a celebration that has been going on for twenty years! Regardless of …
Read More "April is National Poetry Month! Here Are 14 Ways to Celebrate"
Shakespeare on Love: A Love for Modern Times?
For one often hailed as the Bard of love stories, Shakespeare sure has a weird way of showing/telling it. Even his most famous tale of romance, Romeo and Juliet, is a little…off…in the love department, at least for modern times. Romeo and Juliet isn’t …
Literary Love Quotes for Your Valentine
The media shows us two reactions to this little, commercial holiday: 1) the lovey-dovey people feeding each other heart-shaped chocolates into their perfect, air-brushed mouths, and 2) single, bitter people, doubling down on the BOGO chocolate at the local grocery store. Many …
Which Harry Potter father figure is your pops?
Many of us spent some time this Father’s Day contemplating the man who raised us. Who is he really? Find out by answering the most vital question: which father figure from Harry Potter is your dad? 1. Your algebra homework has come …