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Perspective: The Two, The Only: Calvin and Hobbes

By Megan Willome 16 Comments

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With a new year on the horizon, Megan Willome is off for a fresh clean start and a little exploring. By sled, of course.

Filed Under: Calvin & Hobbes, Perspective, poetry

Perspective: ‘Charlotte’s Web’ is a Medieval Novel

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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“Charlotte’s Web” a medieval novel? Join author Megan Willome as she gives a different perespective on the classic story.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, book reviews, Children's Authors, Perspective

Perspective: Found in Translation

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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Nothing is lost in translation in Maria Dahvana Headley’s contemporary rendering of “Beowulf” — backward, in high heels.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, book reviews, Perspective, Seamus Heaney

Perspective: The Poet Takes a Bike Ride

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

Vancouver Island forests

How does a poet gain perspective? Megan Willome takes a bike ride—in Canada. Share your August reads, fellow poets!

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Essays, Perspective, poetry, Writing Life

Perspective: Letters of Three

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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Parenting is hard—sure—but writing believable parents is hard too. Megan Willome writes letters to three sets of fictional parents.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Children's Stories, Fiction, Perspective, writing prompt, writing prompts

Perspective: Character in the In-Between

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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Sometimes the best place to develop character is in an in between space—be it the multiverse or the bardo. Come rediscover President Lincoln.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Perspective

Perspective: A Tale As Old As Time—’Tess of the D’urbervilles’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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The tale of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” is a tale as old as time. That’s why we still need its perspective.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Perspective

Perspective: The Madness of Don Quixote

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

three horses in a field

Madness is the coin that opens our hearts to story. Join us as we consider the madness and sanity of Cervantes’ Don Quixote.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Classic Books, Perspective

Perspective: ‘In the Company of Crows and Ravens’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

shy girl golden trees

Truth, beauty, and science co-exist in magical ways in Tony M. Marzluff’s “In the Company of Crows and Ravens.”

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Bird Poems, Blog, book reviews, nature, Perspective, Poetic Earth Month

Perspective: When Authors Keep Secrets

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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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.”

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Perspective

Perspective: Agatha Christie’s ‘Death on the Nile’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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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.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Perspective

Reading Generously: Perspective Glass

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

stairs to nowhere, China

This year we are reading generously through the theme of Perspective. Grab your perspective glass and join us.

Filed Under: Blog, Perspective, Reading and Books, Reading Generously

Generosity of Perspective: Not So Scared

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

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Callie Feyen reflects on Frankenstein, Auggie and Me, and the generosity of perspective in understanding another and being human together.

Filed Under: Blog, Generous

50 States of Generosity: Maine

By Nikki Rank 5 Comments

Bass Harbor Maine Coastline

Join teacher and library catalog coordinator Nikki Rank, in crossing the border from New Hampshire to Maine. There are clams, moose, and blueberries waiting for you!

Filed Under: 50 States, Nature Poems, poetry prompt, writing prompt, writing prompts

Poet Laura: New Year, New Lists

By Dheepa R. Maturi 15 Comments

Teacup with spoon and string

Dheepa R. Maturi, Poet Laura, ushers in the new year with a thoughtful perspective on resolutions and new year list-making.

Filed Under: Blog, Catalog Poems, New Year's Poems, Poet Laura, poetry prompt, writing prompt

Good News—It’s Okay to Write a Plot Without Conflict

By Sara Barkat 4 Comments

body of water seen through pipe by the sea

What makes a plot worthy of writing? Get past societal assumptions about stories, and write a great plot without conflict.

Filed Under: article, Blog, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

Poetry Prompt: Observation that Evokes

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Observations can evoke—even in a swimming pool. Callie Feyen considers the micro-essays and art of “The Swimming Studies” by Leanne Shapton.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompts

50 States of Generosity: Kentucky

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on Kentucky—its bluegrass and its song, “Blue Moon of Kentucky.”

Filed Under: 50 States, Bird Poems, Blog

Poetry Prompt: Back to School Moment

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Join author Callie Feyen in a back to school moment, as she explores the poetry that can come from standing in the shoes of someone else.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Poets, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Poet Laura: Telling Your Story Through Another’s Eyes

By Karen Paul Holmes 2 Comments

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Karen Paul Holmes, our Poet Laura, is back with persona poems, a tool poets can use to tell their own stories through the eyes of another.

Filed Under: Blog, Persona Poems, Poet Laura, poetry prompt

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