by Think In The Morning | May 14, 2020 | Words |
Previously on Think in the MorningPale Horse, Pale Rider: Katherine Anne Porter’s Classic Story of the 1918 PandemicWilliam Maxwell’s They Came Like SwallowsThe 1918 Pandemic And Willa Cather’s One Of Ours Then, under the terrible light which fell directly and...
by Think In The Morning | May 11, 2020 | Words |
Midwest Book Review just published an abridged version of our book review on Alice Combs’ The Lady With Balls. The full review is below. I don’t want a mirror telling me I’m the fairest in all the land; I want another intelligent adult’s honest opinion. Alice...
by Think In The Morning | May 6, 2020 | Words |
Previously Discussed Literature On The 1918 PandemicKatherine Anne Porter: Pale Horse, Pale RiderWilliam Maxwell: They Came Like Swallows This grey wall, unshaken, mighty, was the end of the long preparation, as it was the end of the sea. It was the reason for...
by Think In The Morning | Apr 30, 2020 | Words |
To deal with pandemics, read about them. That’s my advice.The 1918 pandemic did not inspire much literature of its own. World War I sucked up all the paper and ink with such greats as Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet On The Western Front (1928) and Hemingway’s...
by Think In The Morning | Apr 27, 2020 | Words |
“Cruelty to animals will get you punished, but cruelty to humans will get you promoted.” (as one of Brit’s friends said to her at the immigrant detention center where she worked in Ali Smith’s SPRING) In a previous blog I explored Ali Smith’s Autumn, the...
by Think In The Morning | Jan 14, 2020 | More, Words |
Origami Placeby Hayden Jones In the origami place,origami pelicans soar through the sky.In the origami place,stars shine bright.In the origami place,origami boats sail through the ocean.In the origami place,you can stop and smell the origami tulips.In the origami...
