Either our attention spans have atrophied terribly or writers have become extraordinarily efficient. This article from the Houston Chronicle, February 9, 2008 describes their challenge to readers inspired by the very same challenge given to Ernest Hemingway: write a novel in six words. He did.
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
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Here are a [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Write a Novel in Six Words
Posted in Fiction, Humor on February 11, 2008 | 18 Comments »
New Library Materials – January 2008
Posted in New Library Materials on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Videos/DVDs
The Belle of Amherst (Emily Dickinson)
Pioneers of the Spirit – William Blake
Walt Whitman and the Civil War
William Blake A Concise Biography [Famous Authors Series]
Walt Whitman A Concise Biography [Famous Authors Series]
Beat Angel: A Film about the Spirit of Jack Kerouac
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Dynamic Teen Fiction for the Middle School
Posted in Fiction, New Library Materials, Reading for Pleasure, tagged Parent Donation award-winning fiction Middle School f on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier I posted about the generous parent donation we received to create a Middle School library of current and award-winning books. The Middle School teachers have been hard at work selecting the winning titles and many have been ordered. One of our readers commented on this blog that they would love to see the [...]
