In honor of National Poetry Month I bought three books of poetry (something I've never done). Here is my report...
Author: Sarah H
Book Club Corner Picks: April Recommendations
2014's Pulitzer and Man Booker prize winners are now available in paperback!
Just Read It: Or How I Learned To Love The Poem
In which I interview my friend Louisa, poetry goddess, about why we should read more poetry… "You can squeeze a little juice from a fruit and get a taste of it, but the good poems are fruit that you can never squeeze all the juice from."
150 Years of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland at The Ransom Center
Quite a long time ago, 150 years in fact, down down down the rabbit hole little Alice went, and when she came out again she was not the same person as went in. Not at all! Her curiously wonderful journey, filled with as many rash impulses and poor choices as any adolescent's life could possibly be, … Continue reading 150 Years of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland at The Ransom Center
Required Reading Revisited Book Club – April Recap and May Update!
In The Required Reading Revisited Book Club we focus on books considered “Required Reading” by most educational institutions, i.e. books you read (or were supposed to read) in school – either high school or university. In March's meeting we discussed Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. In April we followed up with Toni Morrison's Sula, a … Continue reading Required Reading Revisited Book Club – April Recap and May Update!
Book Club Corner Picks: March Recommendations
Social Media Identity Theft, contemporary Grimm's Fairy Tale, Victorian Proto-Feminists, and an adventure story in our modern financial crisis…
Required Reading Revisited Book Club!
The Required Reading Revisited Book Club is just one of the many great book clubs here at Book People. We focus on books considered "Required Reading" by most educational institutions, i.e. books you read (or were supposed to read) in school - either high school or university. Last month we discussed Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Or, … Continue reading Required Reading Revisited Book Club!
Dr. Michio Kaku is at The Paramount Theater Monday, Feb 23rd!
Dr. Michio Kaku is known for many things. Among them, he's the co-founder of String Field Theory, he's a professor of Theoretical Physics at City College of New York, and he's a best selling author of many of our favorite books about science. Like the late, great Carl Sagan, and the beloved Neil Degrasse Tyson, … Continue reading Dr. Michio Kaku is at The Paramount Theater Monday, Feb 23rd!
One Page Salon – hosted by Owen Egerton
It's Tuesday night, it's cold, it's raining, and while I know it's ill advised I have no choice but to take my scooter (decked in my stylish rain jacket and not-so-stylish motorcycle helmet) to the Whip In so I can finally experience what all my writer friends keep telling me about. Owen Egerton's One Page … Continue reading One Page Salon – hosted by Owen Egerton
Book Club Corner Picks: February Recommendations
Two debut novelists, a few authors from Texas and a story set in mid-20th century Texas. February seems to be Texas-centric!







