![]() ![]() The night before had, by all accounts, ended with Sexton being carried out of the after-party, incapacitated by a combination of pills and martinis and accompanied by her 13-year-old travel companion, her daughter Linda, and her host, Philip Legler, with whom Sexton would exchange passionate, intimate letters for years to come. It was the morning after she had given a poetry performance, and Sexton was asking a nervous student to read one of her poems. The above conversation comes from a recording of Anne Sexton, Pulitzer prize-winning poet, visiting with a class of students at Sweet Briar College in April 1966. ![]() The only thing you’ve got to do is read slow.ġ7:11 AS: ‘Slowly’? What do you say? Which is it? ‘Slowly’?ġ7:19 AS: How am I supposed to know? I, put it my way, ‘Read slow.’ Just keep thinking that to yourself, because it’s hard to get a poem. ![]() Recording annotations and transcription by Tanya ClementĪnne Sexton Papers 1912-1996, R 0084, Harry Ransom Center.ġ7:10 Anne Sexton (AS). Anne Sexton Class Visit at Sweetbriar College, 1966 ![]()
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![]() The picaresque, which has its novelistic base in Cervantes’ Don Quixote, and in America is best represented by Huck Finn, is an amazingly useful form. So-he sets out across the country on another picaresque adventure, to any literary gig which will pay him. He must earn a lot of money, fast, or lose his little San Francisco home. ![]() In this terrific sequel, Arthur has a new catastrophe to deal with. These are reserved for heavy, serious works that carry a load of cultural pain, and are thus deemed important. Comic novels, like comic films, do not usually win big prizes. “Less,” amazingly and deservedly, won the Pulitzer Prize. He meets some truly odd people, has hilarious adventures, some romantic, and returns. To avoid the wedding, Arthur accepts a slew of invitations he would normally have declined and goes on a round-the-world trip that takes him to NYC, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Morocco, Japan, Tahiti. He is even uncertain as to whether he is or is not a “bad gay,” whatever that means, and Arthur does not know. ![]() Arthur has always lacked self-confidence, is emotionally tender and easily rattled. ![]() In 2018, middle-aged mid-list novelist Andrew Sean Greer published “Less,” his sixth book, featuring Arthur Less, a middle-aged mid-list novelist whose latest manuscript has just been turned down by his publisher and whose ex-boyfriend, Freddy, has announced his marriage to another. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jennette McCurdy's Candid Quotes Over the Years About Her Time at Nickelodeon Read article The California native called the response her memoir has received from fans around the world “overwhelming in the best way,” saying, “I am so grateful that it’s connecting with people the way that it is.” I knew that anybody who had experienced parental abuse would understand the title, and anybody who had a sense of humor would understand the title.” I would never do it if it were just coming from a flippant place. I would never use a bold and attention-grabbing title if it weren’t authentic. McCurdy continued, “I wanted something that was bold and also something that I meant sincerely. It was also a title that I knew I wanted early on.” ![]() “My brothers have been so supportive, so understanding,” she explained, adding that her siblings were “not at all” thrown off by the choice. The iCarly alum, 30, discussed her family’s reaction to the title during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Monday, August 15, one week after the book’s release. Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande's Friendship Over the Years Read article ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hello, hilarious shenanigans on set, wedding crashing, and spontaneous dips into the Pacific. Goodbye, guilt about divorce, anxiety about uncertain futures, and stress from transphobia. They’re there to prove the trolls-including a fellow contestant and their dad-wrong, and falling in love was never part of the plan.Īs London and Dahlia get closer, reality starts to fall away. Still, she's focused on winning, until she meets someone she might want a future with more than she needs the prize money.Īfter announcing their pronouns on national television, London Parker has enough on their mind without worrying about the klutzy competitor stationed in front of them. Too bad the first memorable move she makes is falling flat on her face, sending fish tacos flying-not quite the fresh start she was hoping for. ![]() Recently divorced and on the verge of bankruptcy, Dahlia Woodson is ready to reinvent herself on the popular reality competition show Chef’s Special. ![]() The first openly nonbinary contestant on America’s favorite cooking show falls for their clumsy competitor in this delicious romantic comedy debut “that is both fantastically fun and crack your heart wide open vulnerable.” (Rosie Danan, author of The Roommate) ![]() ![]() ![]() Kate and Maggie talk about our lives as being different iterations of our life stories, rather talking about our lives through before-after dichotomies.You can get a copy here.ĭiscuss this episode with a book club, friends, or bible study group. The blessing at the end of this podcast is “for stretching your heart” can be found on page 18 in the book The Lives We Actually Have. 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At the beginning of this podcast, Kate shared about her friend Gretchen Rubin’s new book, Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World. ![]() ![]() ![]() I even answered a question correctly on Jeopardy on Friday because of something I read about the American Revolution-excellent! " - Ann, I really enjoyed this biography of Washington-very academic writing and the book covered Washington's adult life well. " My goal for 2009 is to read a presidential biography on every US President in chronological order (with the exception of Truman as I've already read his excellent biography). He's behind Benjamin Franklin, but up on James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (in that order). 2 in my book among the main Founding Fathers. "His Excellency" is a complete one-volume treatment of the Father of our Nation and is a must read for those interested in American Revolutionary history. 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Jesse is joined by his gun-toting girlfriend, Tulip, and the hard-drinking Irish vampire, Cassidy, on the rowdy adventures that culminate in the High Noon to end all High Noons. He loses faith in both humanity and God as he witnesses atrocities and improbable calamities during his travels. Now possessing the power of the Word, an ability to make people obey whatever he utters, Custer sets off on a dark journey. Merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Jesse becomes completely disillusioned with the beliefs that he had dedicated his entire life to. ![]() But Starr and the Saint of Killers have other plans for Jesse's future. Collect the next volume of groundbreaking stories from this popular graphic novel series that is the inspiration behind the AMC television series! 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"I gasped when I saw the cover, as it was so, so beautiful. ![]() ![]() "My publisher did ask for input and at first we were going for the wolves, shadows, blood thing, but then they found Suza Scalora's art-she's the photographer who shot the cover-and we all loved it so we switched gears and focused on finding a model who could be transformed into Calla for the cover. I envisioned a more abstract cover than the image we ended up with. "I had a couple of ideas for the cover-one involved wolves, shadows, and blood the other was that it would feature the Elemental Cross, an image that plays an important role in the series. Everyone is raving about Andrea Cremer's Nightshade, and I need to read it! The cover is enchanting, so at least I've got the scoop on that. ![]() ![]() She also knew that they would kill the young child, Alec, the son of a Highland chieftain, as soon as they discovered that they had kidnapped the wrong child. ![]() Unfortunately, Gillian had no idea, but she knew that they would carry through their threat of torturing and killing her Uncle Morgan if she didn't find the box. ![]() King John had never forgiven Gillian's father for murdering his great love, his beautiful Arianna, but he was convinced that Gillian would know where the box was hidden. For the Baron needed to produce Arianna's Box, a bejeweled golden box commissioned by King John, or King John would kill him. Claimed as Baron Alford's ward, Gillian was fortunate enough to be raised by her beloved Uncle Morgan, but Baron Alford soon called her back to his castle. ![]() Gillian was just a small child when she saw her father murdered by the vicious Baron Alford. ![]() |