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Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself Words by Walt Whitman. Illustrations by Allen Crawford. Forget the cute advice books. This is the gift every graduate wants. Or at least every English major. More about Whitman Illuminated. Get yourself a copy (before we buy them all ourselves).
An Untamed State by Roxane Gay Julie: "This powerful novel about a woman kidnapped for ransom in Haiti grabbed me from the first sentence and held me, riveted and breathless, to the very last page. Gay is unflinching as she conveys the emotional, psychological and physical devastation of Mirielle Jameson during and following her captivity. Mirielle's … Continue reading Recommended Reads May 2014
It's only appropriate that Earth Day should fall in National Poetry Month; what more universal Muse have poets known over the centuries than Mother Nature? (Well all right, a case could be made for love, sure, but Mother Nature has surely broken fewer hearts and inspired more odes than laments in comparison.) In honor of … Continue reading Poem of the Day: ‘A Song for the Rolling Earth’ by Walt Whitman
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