It's voting time! In the spirit of the culmination of the presidential election tomorrow, below is a list that highlights historic presidents' more poetic attributes. Ever wondered whose poetry Thomas Jefferson cozied up with? Or which past president favored the eccentric Welsh poet Dylan Thomas? Read on to find out... George Washington and Phillis Wheatley…
Tag: literature
What Are You Doing for the Next 30 Days? NaNoWriMo, That’s What
All you fellow writers out there know... tell anyone, anyone at all... the taxi driver, a sales clerk, your grandfather, what you do for a living and 50% of the time you will get a version of the following: "A writer, huh? You know, I always thought I had a novel in me." The other…
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FOR SALE: Dracula’s Birthplace
Here's something you won't find in Craigslist's classifieds... The writing desk at which Bram Stoker created the bloodcurdling modern myth of Dracula will soon be up for auction. Looking at the ornate desk today, which seems so fitting as the gothic setting for the creation of perhaps the most chilling book in English literature, it's…
Shakespeare and Fry and Bly, Oh My! : Literary Quotes On Storms
At eNotes, we want all of our followers and customers to know we are thinking about you in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and wish everyone a speedy and safe recovery. Hopefully, you have power and can read this... but if your battery is running low, I hear there is a Starbucks on Broadway where…
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Top Ten Better Book Titles
Better Book Titles is an amusing collection of attempts to rename well-known works of literature. The results are pithy and appropriate, summarizing everything you really need to know about a book right on its cover (ex. Oedipus Rex becomes "How I Met Your Mother," The Giver = "Love in the Time of Death Panels," and…
Top Ten Famous Last Words and Final Stops: Writers and Their Gravesites
Everyone has a different way of coping with what George Bernard Shaw called "that troublesome business." The promise of death should motivate us to live everyday to the fullest because as Jim Morrison aptly noted, "No one here gets out alive." So on that cheerful note, here are some of the last words of famous writers and…
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Enlist Your Pet, Win a Kindle Fire!
We're halfway through October... have you entered eNotes' competition to win a Kindle Fire yet? It's easy: Visit our Facebook page and "like" us (you like me, you really really like me!) Post a picture on our wall of your pet (or somebody's pet) reading a classic Congratulations, you've automatically been entered to win a Kindle…
Bring Up the Booker
Yesterday the prestigious Man Booker prize was awarded, breaking two important records in the process. The lucky recipient Hilary Mantel became the first woman to win the award twice, and the first author to win it for a consecutive sequel.
British author Mantel won her first Booker prize in 2009 with the historical…