Writing Down the Grief
I always openly address grief, dying, and grieving in my classroom. Between the many deaths in literature and the persistent grief and melancholia in poetry, it's a subject that weaves itself easily into an English class.
I always openly address grief, dying, and grieving in my classroom. Between the many deaths in literature and the persistent grief and melancholia in poetry, it's a subject that weaves itself easily into an English class.
Peter Brown Hoffmeister | Posted 05.18.2012
As long as bookstores exist, people will keep buying books because the person next to them puts it in their hands. Literally.
Pam Allyn | Posted 04.28.2012
Are we really so uncertain and so unsure of how stable our society is that we would become this afraid to share the perspectives of those who have experienced feelings of isolation -- or loneliness in our society or who have a different story to tell?
Posted 12.14.2011
Ever heard of World Book Night? If not, you will. Because they want your help to give away free books. WBN first launched in the UK last year. It t...
WSJ | Sherman Alexie | Posted 08.10.2011
Recently, I was the surprise commencement speaker at the promotion ceremony for a Seattle alternative high school. I spoke to sixty students, who'd co...
Posted 05.25.2011
Narrative Magazine: To celebrate our new iPhone and iPad application, which brings our entire literary library to readers' fingertips for free, we've ...
Posted 05.25.2011
Sherman Alexie has won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced Tuesday morning. Alexie's 2009 novel, "War Dances," came out on t...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie and Sherman Alexie will be among the writers featured at the sixth annual PEN World Voices Festival of ...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Sherman Alexie and Barbara Kingsolver are among this year's finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award. The nominees for the fiction prize...
Peter Bognanni | Posted 05.25.2011
As it turns out, authors have been playing around with this direct intersection of music and literature for quite some time.
Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011
For many people who live in Manhattan and make a living by putting words on paper, the iPad might one day be remembered as its own Manhattan Project
The Guardian | Tiffany Murray | Posted 05.25.2011
"What is a 'rock'n'roll novel'? Rock'n'roll -- from Robert Johnson to Jack White -- is a coming-of-age sound that allows us to find ourselves, and may...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Sherman Alexie was on "The Colbert Report" last night to promote his new book, "War Dances". The interview focused mostly on Alexie's views on eBooks,...
Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011
Here are my twelve: Each book celebrates the birth month of an author, a holiday or some other event connected to that month.
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
All this week, Miami is celebrating the world of literature with its annual Book Fair. Running from November 8 - 15 and open to the public for a small...
Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011
Every week, the Poetry Foundation compiles information from Nielsen Bookscan and puts together lists of the best selling books of poetry. Here are 2009's best selling books of contemporary poetry:
Chicago Tribune | Ruth Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011
Some parents of incoming freshmen at Antioch High School want an assigned summer reading book pulled from the school's shelves and the curriculum beca...
AP | Hillel Italie | Posted 05.25.2011
Should Christopher Hitchens win a National Book Award, you can be sure he won't thank any higher powers. The author, columnist and commentator was no...
Lori Ungemah | Posted 05.23.2012