Hello Beautiful People, There are three things I know to be true – This world needs more love. This world needs more love letters. This world needs more souls like Hannah Brencher. I suppose the only way to describe the way I met Hannah is…kismet. Fate. Luck. But the longer version is thus: I’m a…
Dear Bookworms, A powerful government. A system that unfairly divides people into castes. A chosen hero(ine) who fights, bleeds and sacrifices in order to overthrow the corrupt regime. Sound familiar? Of course it does. Those are the basic building blocks of the young adult dystopian novel, and we’ve all read one or five within the…
Hi Friends, Hannah More is a name we cannot afford to forget. Her work as an abolitionist, a feminist, a poet, a playwright, a novelist, and reformer in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, although invaluable, is largely forgotten. In Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More – Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist, Karen Swallow…
Dear Bookworms, As the days get shorter and the cold weather sets in, everyone I talk to seems to be feeling some version of tired and run down. Well, here is my prescription to combat all of that: curl up with a soft blanket, a cup of tea and this month’s book recommendation: Is It…
Dear Bookworms, I love fiction. I love it for so many reasons, but the biggest reason I think is because of the power it possesses to teach us. Reading allows us to learn about things and places we will never see, to experience adventures well beyond the scope of our lives and, most importantly, to…
Hi Friends, When you’re my age, you suddenly realize that your Facebook feed has gone from crazy photos of ruckus parties to pictures of weddings, expanding bellies and happy announcements about the birth or adoption of a brand new kiddo. I’m not interested in having kids myself, but I take my duties as friend/family of…
Hi Friends, When Gone Girl, a psychological thriller written by Gillian Flynn, was published in 2012, I saw copies of it everywhere and kept meaning to read it. This past October, a movie adaptation of the book was released starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike and my interest in the story was rekindled. The movie was…
Hello fellow readers! I hope you were able to find some time in your January to enjoy a good book and a cup of tea. Here are three books coming out this month that we’re looking forward to reading! The February Bookshelf: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (available 02/03/15) A Spool of Blue Thread by…
Hello Beautiful People, Just this week we recieved a package here at The Write Teacher(s) – a copy of Expanzaramadingdong, by Jason Steinberg. Other critics had compared the prose + art of this new literary treasure to that of Shel Silverstein, and so I was immediately curious. Could it be? Another Shel? A different Shel? A…
Dear Bookworms, Are you familiar with the comedian Jim Gaffigan? You may know him for his jokes about Hot Pockets. Well, recently he has become an author as well, writing his first book Dad Is Fat about the comedy that surrounds parenthood. Since so much of his popularity stems from his satire on various types…