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A Ritual to Read to Each Other … Generously

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

small child beside a red door

As a boy Ebeneezer Scrooge was reading generously—so can we. Come along as we launch into 2021 with a new reading roundup column.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, book reviews

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: When you can’t read

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

can't read

What do you read when you can’t? This month’s ‘A Ritual to Read to Each Other’ column explores how to begin again.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Introducing ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Book Club

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Madeleine L'Engle

Stand with those who fight: Shakespeare, Bach, and Meg Murry. Join our October book club as we read Madeleine L’Engle’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book club

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: ‘A River Runs Through It’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Norman Maclean

What makes a story true? We head west for our A Ritual to Read column and enter the river of mystery that is ‘A River Runs Through It.’

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Fiction

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Rumi & Mac Miller

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

Imagine Rumi as a rapper. Or Mac Miller as a mystic. Megan Willome explores the similarities between these two artists in our monthly column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, A Ritual to Read to Each Other, Music, Rumi Poems

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Blessing Dora Copperfield

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

blessing dora

In our reading roundup, A Ritual to Read to Each Other, we consider how to bless Dora Copperfield from Dickens’ ‘David Copperfield.’

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Classic Books, English Teaching Resources, To Bless the Space Between Us

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Of Mysteries and Monsters

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

wise owl

Author Megan Willome considers what mysteries and monsters have in common during her monthly reading roundup, A Ritual to Read to Each Other.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Fairytales

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Reading for Earth’s Sake

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

parrot, Ted Chiang

Join author Megan Willome as she plunges into Ted Chiang’s ‘The Great Silence,’ with a parrot as a guide, just in time for Poetic Earth Month.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, book reviews, nature, Poetic Earth Month, Short Story

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Reading Aloud

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Join author Megan Willome as she enjoys reading aloud in the new column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other. This month, the gifts unique to audiobooks.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Black History Month, book reviews, Books, children, Libraries

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Reading Classics

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Thursday Next

Join author Megan Willome as she reads classics in the new column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other. What beloved book or poem do you want to protect?

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Classic Books, William Wordsworth

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Reading to Aragog

By Megan Willome 17 Comments

Harry Potter

Join author Megan Willome in the new column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other, and consider what you might read to a giant dangerous and dying spider?

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Books

Reader, Come Home … to a Ritual to Read to Each Other

By Megan Willome 10 Comments

Start a new ritual! Join us on a new reading journey as we read wisdom to each other with poet William Stafford as our guide and declarer.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Books, Reader Come Home, Reading and Books, Reading in the Wild, Wisdom

Reading Generously: Happy Endings

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Olympics sunset

Are happy endings audacious? For this month’s Reading Generously column, Megan Willome considers the hope they offer.

Filed Under: Blog, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: Black Stories

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Black girl dressed as angel

For February’s Reading Generously column, we share stories by Black authors. Fiction, poetry, and plays, oh my!

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Black Poets, Generous, Read, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

snow white lion cub

How do you keep reading generously when you don’t like a story? Megan Willome says writing a poem may help.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Classic Books, Generous, Reading and Books, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: ‘How We Fight for Our Lives’ by Saeed Jones

By Megan Willome 11 Comments

Fishermen at Sunset Sandy Hook New Jersey

This month our book review column becomes Reading Generously. We begin with Saeed Jones’ open-handed memoir.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Black Poets, Blog, book reviews, Generous, Reading Generously

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Açaí Bowls as Ritual

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Pandemic Journal ritual

As the social distancing and sheltering at home continue amidst a renewed surge in coronavirus cases, ritual (and açaí) can be a fruitful way to mark and honor the time.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on How We Read Poetry

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

Author Megan Willome reads poetry during the pandemic and finds new focus by absorbing the loveliness of unexpected words.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, A Ritual to Read to Each Other, Pandemic Journal, Poems, poetry, Wallace Stevens

Reader, Come Home: Harry Potter and Lectio Divina

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

lectio divina

Come learn the secrets of deep reading with author Megan Willome and combine lectio divina with Harry Potter. And share your June pages for our monthly Reader, Come Home column.

Filed Under: book reviews, Children's Authors, Reader Come Home

Reader, Come Home: “Kristin Lavransdatter”

By Megan Willome 10 Comments

Sigrid Undset

Come learn the secrets of being a deep reader with author Megan Willome, as she meets a 14th century Norwegian woman named Kristin. And share your April pages.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Reader Come Home

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