Thanksgiving is a time of abundance: of food, of family, of friends. Here are ten thoughts from authors who have reflected on the holiday in many different ways. 1. “One Day is there of the Series / Termed Thanksgiving Day. …
Category: Poetry
Digital Lending Is Here!
For me, books are like crack. I will seriously consider buying less food if there is a new title out that I want to read. And having a Kindle makes it all too easy to have instant gratification. At first …
Goodbye to a Modern Pioneer: Michael S. Hart, Project Gutenberg
“Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.” ~ George Bernard Shaw. On September 6, the literary world lost a true pioneer. Michael S. Hart, …
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OMG, I Mean, Like, Ya Know?
I understand that young people often use the word “like” as a sort of placeholder; that is, a way to pause briefly before carrying on with their thoughts. While I know I am not the first person to rail against …
In Praise of Reading and Fiction
Last October, Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for his writing about the political power struggles of Latin America. In an article following the award, The New York Times called Vargas Llosa an “anti-totalitarian intellectual whose …
The “Not Buried Imagination”: A New Poem by E. E. Cummings Discovered
It is the kind of thing scholars live for, the type of adventure A. S. Byatt wrote so eloquently about in her novel Possession. A few weeks ago, biographer James Dempsey, while working on a biography of Scofield Thayer (publisher …
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Kindle to Launch Library Lending: Check Out This Year’s Pulitzer Prize Winners and More, Free!
For me, books are like crack. I cannot have enough. I cannot read enough. When I got my Kindle for Christmas, I told myself, “Hey, self! Look! Everything in public domain is free! You won’t fall victim to the latest New …
Literature’s Top 10 Lovers
You didn’t think we here at eNotes would let Valentine’s Day go by unnoticed did you? As soon as we came down off our sugar highs, we began composing our list of favorites. Here, by demand and consensus, are ten …