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.
World War II Had Its Poets, Too
It wasn’t just World War I. Two anthologies illustrate the prolific outpouring of poetry during World War II.
Donald Hall and Andrew Motion Write Poetic Memoirs
I’m not sure why I first started reading memoirs by major poetic figures, but I recently read two that struck me as particularly significant in the development and history of what we consider contemporary poetry.
Reading Poets’ First Collections: Hedy Habra and Andrew Calis
The first collections of poets Hedy Habra and Andrew Calis both take you to a different place and make you see in a different light.
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.