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April 27, 2011
National Poetry Month: Which Shore?
National Poetry Month is, alas, drawing to a close, but this doesn’t mean that you should put your poetry books back on the shelf to accrue dust for another year! Poetry’s charms …
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April 22, 2011
National Poetry Month: The Letting Go
What can I say about Emily Dickinson besides that she was a genius, a one-of-a-kind, inimitable talent, and that alongside Walt Whitman she is considered to be one of the two parents …
April 21, 2011
This Easter get Seasoned in the South
Easter is my favorite family-oriented holiday. No gifts, just food. The weather is warm but not hot. The flowers are in bloom. Everybody comes home from church in their whites and pastels, …
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April 20, 2011
New in Paperback from Heather Lende
Happy paperback publication to Heather Lende‘s Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs! Following an almost fatal car accident, Lende introduces us to the community that helped her get back …
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April 14, 2011
Passover Memories, and Why My Mother’s Chicken Soup Is the Best
Today we have a post from the Workman Blog. Judy Bart Kancigor is the author of Cooking Jewish: 532 Great Recipes from the Rabinowitz Family. For a copy of her Workman Short, …
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April 13, 2011
National Poetry Month: “The Old High Way of Love”
In honor of National Poetry Month, every Wednesday in April I’m sharing one of my favorite poems for you to read and share with a friend, a lover, or even a foe …
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April 6, 2011
National Poetry Month: What’s Freedom For? To Know Eternity
April is National Poetry Month, the only time of year that most Americans take note of the fact that poetry is still being read and written by sentimental, idealistic people like yours …
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February 11, 2011
From Amy Stewart: “Annie Proulx, Garden Writer”
. We know ANNIE PROULX as the straight-shooting author of POSTCARDS, THE SHIPPING NEWS, and OPEN RANGE (which includes the masterpiece “Brokeback Mountain”). If you haven’t read her work, you must. She …
