Tag Archives: literature

Harry Potter

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

Okay, I have to admit that I have watched all the Harry Potter movies, but had not read the books. I’d been meaning to, honestly, but hadn’t gotten around to it. After seeing the last film, though, I hunted down … Continue reading →

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Literature of Hope

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

What is the worst thing you can make a 9th grader read? I would argue that it is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This isn’t a knock on the Bard, or his play that has remained popular for hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Finding what you seek

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

I’m currently listening to the audiobook of Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible, and I’m enjoying it a lot. I mentioned it to another teacher at school the other day and she said she’d tried reading it twice and couldn’t get … Continue reading →

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You find what you look for

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

I’m currently listening to the audiobook of Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible, and I’m enjoying it a lot. I mentioned it to another teacher at school the other day and she said she’d tried reading it twice and couldn’t get … Continue reading →

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Another brief vampiric interlude

Posted on August 13, 2009 by

“Drink from me and live forever.” Remember that? It’s the tag line from the film adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire. I’ve been shopping for a poster from that movie to hang in my classroom and seeing that … Continue reading →

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Reading at Literati Indie Book Fair

Posted on June 25, 2009 by

I’ll  be attending the Literati Indie Book Fair at the AIO Gallery, 811 N. Broadway in OKC this Saturday. I’ll have a reading at 2 p.m.; the fair itself runs from noon until 8 p.m. At the moment, I’m planning to … Continue reading →

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A Brief Vampiric Interlude

Posted on April 19, 2009 by

Think of the vampire as KISS, once a thing feared by religious folk, but now the most fearsome of the original foursome is pitching cherry Dr Pepper and living a scripted lifestyle on TV. The werewolf is like The Sex Pistols — raw, nasty, untamed and probably not something you really want to live with. At best it’ll pee on your furniture. At worst, it might eat you. Continue reading →

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