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“Hamnet”: Visualizing What Inspired Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Deer Family Hamnet Chakrabarti

The novel and play “Hamnet” suggest that Shakespeare may have memorialized his son, who died in 1596, in the play “Hamlet.”

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Grief Poems, Hamlet, Shakespeare

Poems to Listen By: Time Lines 3—Sonnet 111

By Laurie Klein Leave a Comment

Sunset at Pescadero Beach

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Filed Under: Blog, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By, Shakespeare, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets, Time Lines, Time Poems

Poems to Listen By: Time Lines 1—Sonnet 18

By Laurie Klein 10 Comments

dry bud in sunlight bokeh

Laurie Klein and her 96 year old mentor Pat Stien kick off a new Poems to Listen By series by reading Sonnets 18 and 73 in Time Lines.

Filed Under: Blog, pat stien, Patron Only, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By, Shakespeare, shakespeare sonnets, Time Lines

Poetry Prompt: A Not-Yet Valentine

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

This week join author Callie Feyen as she writes a Valentine poem for people who aren’t Romeo and Juliet. Yet.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, The Teacher Diaries, writer's group resources

Reading Shakespeare: King Lear & the Mystery of Things

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Serbia Bridge in city in fog

Callie Feyen’s year-long “reading Shakespeare” experience takes her to King Lear, and the moment of crossing the place where mystery and empathy intersect.

Filed Under: Blog, King Lear, Shakespeare

Reading the 1913 Edition of ‘Cassell’s Illustrated Shakespeare’

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Crete old village house

To read “Cassell’s Illustrated Shakespeare” is to rediscover the great playwright and step into a time when families read Shakespeare.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Dave Malone, Shakespeare

Poetry Prompt: A spiral staircase, anxiety, and the sestina

By Callie Feyen 34 Comments

What can a spiral show us?

Join Callie Feyen and walk a spiral staircase with Tania Runyan, poet and author of “How to Write a Form Poem,” in order to understand the sestina.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sestina, Shakespeare, william shakespeare, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Julius Caesar: Et Tu, Brute? Opposite Day and the Ides of March

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

Purple grapes on vine for Julius Caesar

For the Ides of March, Tania Runyan has a Julius Caesar “Opposite Day” poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, Classic Plays, English Teaching Resources, poetry prompt, Shakespeare, writing prompt, writing prompts

Poetry Prompt: Unhoped Joy

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Where this week, will you find joy unhoped for?

What does joy that is unhoped for look like? Join author Callie Feyen as she explores the warmth of gloves and other gifts from the pandemic.

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Poet Laura: Poultry Poetry—Feeding Grapes and Reading Sonnets to Chickens

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

Water Droplets on grapes

This month, our intrepid Poet Laura visits chickens on a chilly day, bearing delicious grapes and heartfelt sonnets.

Filed Under: Blog, Chicken poems, Poet Laura, Shakespeare, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

Generosity with Self: When You’re In The Wrong Story

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Tuscany landscape for Henry VI & Generosity

Callie Feyen reflects on Henry VI and encourages Winchester to be generous enough with himself to leave when he’s in the wrong story.

Filed Under: Blog, Generous, Shakespeare

Poetry Prompt: ‘Twelfth Night’ and the Fool

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

What do you do when reading (or living) a difficult story? Callie Feyen suggests you consider poetry and Shakespeare’s Fool from ‘Twelfth Night.’

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“How to Think Like Shakespeare” by Scott Newstok

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

In “How to Think Like Shakespeare,” Scott Newstok considers the purpose of education and what we can learn from Shakespeare.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Shakespeare

Fiction Prompt: Chapter 3, Snowflake Lights, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, and Pumpkin-Spiced Whoopee Pies

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Our fall into fiction series continues with snowflake lights, Shakespeare sonnets, and whoopee pies. Join author Callie Feyen for chapter 3.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets, writer's group resources

Forgotten Classics: “Shakespeare of London” by Marchette Chute

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

“Shakespeare of London” by Marchette Chute, long out of print, remains one of the best literary biographies of the playwright that we have.

Filed Under: article, Blog, book reviews, Books, Classic Books, Shakespeare, Theater, william shakespeare

By Heart: “Come, Night” + New Thomas Hardy Challenge

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

Romeo and Juliet

Join author Megan Willome as she learns William Shakespeare’s ‘Come, Night’ from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ By Heart while savoring this season of extra night.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Poems, poetry, Shakespeare

Poetry Prompt: Your Queen Mab—What Helps Or Haunts You?

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Brilliant Purple Flower Haunts

Join author Callie Feyen as she shares an excerpt from The Teacher Diaries, and explores the dreams we have that both help and haunt us.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, shakespeare sonnets, The Teacher Diaries, william shakespeare, writer's group resources, Writing, writing prompt, writing prompts

Sun and Moon Poems: Night Poetry Prompt

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she confesses her fear of teaching Romeo and Juliet, and realizes there is much more to see than what she’s afraid of.

Filed Under: English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, Night Poems, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, writer's group resources, Writing, writing prompt, writing prompts

Cross-Generational Friendships: Where’s My Daughter? Call Her Forth

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Beautiful Red Leaves Juliet Thoughts

One glimmering night, three generations, and a whole lot of love—with a little Shakespeare to flavor the memory. From author Callie Feyen.

Filed Under: Blog, Cross-Generational Friendships, Friendship Project, Patron Only, Shakespeare, The Teacher Diaries

Reading in the Wild: August’s Pages

By Megan Willome 17 Comments

Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your August pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her August good reads.

Filed Under: Blog, Book Love, Literacy for Life, Reading in the Wild, Shakespeare

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