With a new year on the horizon, Megan Willome is off for a fresh clean start and a little exploring. By sled, of course.
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Perspective: ‘Charlotte’s Web’ is a Medieval Novel
“Charlotte’s Web” a medieval novel? Join author Megan Willome as she gives a different perespective on the classic story.
Perspective: Found in Translation
Nothing is lost in translation in Maria Dahvana Headley’s contemporary rendering of “Beowulf” — backward, in high heels.
Perspective: The Poet Takes a Bike Ride
How does a poet gain perspective? Megan Willome takes a bike ride—in Canada. Share your August reads, fellow poets!
Perspective: Letters of Three
Parenting is hard—sure—but writing believable parents is hard too. Megan Willome writes letters to three sets of fictional parents.
Perspective: Character in the In-Between
Sometimes the best place to develop character is in an in between space—be it the multiverse or the bardo. Come rediscover President Lincoln.
Perspective: A Tale As Old As Time—’Tess of the D’urbervilles’
The tale of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” is a tale as old as time. That’s why we still need its perspective.
Perspective: The Madness of Don Quixote
Madness is the coin that opens our hearts to story. Join us as we consider the madness and sanity of Cervantes’ Don Quixote.
Perspective: ‘In the Company of Crows and Ravens’
Truth, beauty, and science co-exist in magical ways in Tony M. Marzluff’s “In the Company of Crows and Ravens.”
Perspective: When Authors Keep Secrets
It’s one thing when a narrator keeps secrets. It’s another when an author keeps them. Join us for “The Remains of the Day.”
Perspective: Agatha Christie’s ‘Death on the Nile’
Like a poet, Agatha Christie doesn’t waste a single detail. Join us as we read “Death on the Nile” through the theme of Perspective.
Reading Generously: Perspective Glass
This year we are reading generously through the theme of Perspective. Grab your perspective glass and join us.
Generosity of Perspective: Not So Scared
Callie Feyen reflects on Frankenstein, Auggie and Me, and the generosity of perspective in understanding another and being human together.
Poets and Poems: Andrew Calis and “Which Seeds Will Grow?”
In “Which Seeds Will Grow?”, poet Andrew Calis looks beyond human understanding to find hope in a hopeless land.
Holiday Gifts for the Poet in Your Life (or the Poet in You)
Our intrepid poetry reviewer offers some highly personal holiday gift suggestions — or the poet in your life or the poet in your heart.
Poets and Poems: Robert McDowell and “Sweet Wolf”
“Sweet Wolf: Selected & New Poems” demonstrates the power of a good story, and Robert McDowell’s ability to tell one.
Bruce Lawder: Prose Poems, (Very) Short Fiction, or Both?
“Dwarf Stories” by Bruce Lawder is a collection of prose poems that are creative, perceptive, thought-provoking, and wry.
Poetry Prompt: Aisling—Vision or Dream
The aisling poem is a vision or dream poem that features a woman as one of its central images. Come pen an aisling with us. We might feature your poem!
The Colour out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft Summary & Full Text
The Colour out of Space—Summary THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE SUMMARY BELOW CONTAINS SPOILERS! The narrator goes to a town in New England not far from Arkham to survey for a new reservoir. Along the way they pass through an eerie place where the vegetation has died out, now known as the blasted heath. Indeed […]
Poet Laura: Message in a Bottle
Michelle Rinaldi Ortega drops a message in a bottle for Random Acts of Poetry Day and passes the feather to our new Poet Laura.