The first time I heard that art is long was in my 10th grade American Literature class. I didn’t get it then, and as my teacher made no attempt to interpret it beyond scanning the line (stressed, unstressed, stressed), I don’t know that she did, either. It’s from the fourth stanza of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s…
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I Think I Might Be Fanny Price
I think I might be Fanny Price. Back in January, in the midst of the Pandemic Winter, when I couldn’t fall asleep at night, I began a project of rereading all of Jane Austen’s major works. Among Jane Austen fans, there’s a practice of identifying with one of her main characters. I’ve always seen myself…
What I Learned in 2020
I see it’s been over a year since my last blog post. If you follow me on Facebook, I’ve kept up with the world a bit better there. What happened to 2020? Are we all asking ourselves that, to one degree or another? My husband said at lunch today that he can’t quite believe it’s…
An Interview with SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Author Holly Schindler
As promised, today I have an interview with Sentimental Journey author Holly Schindler. For more about the book and the Ruby’s Place Christmas Collection, including links to buy, see Tuesday’s post. Welcome, Holly! Tell us a little about the inspiration for Sentimental Journey. Actually, I found the inspiration for Sentimental Journey in some of the…
Get Ready for the Holiday Reading Season with Holly Schindler’s RUBY’S PLACE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION!
Get ready for the holiday reading season with Holly Schindler’s Ruby’s Place Christmas Collection! Every December, I pause my TBR pile to read as many Christmas books as I can get my hands on. I have a collection of Christmas books that takes up a whole shelf in my library. While I always revisit old…
LOVING BEATRICE by Maryanne Fantalis
Loving Beatrice by Maryanne Fantalis, Book 2 in the delightful Shakespeare’s Women Speak series from City Owl Press is out now, just in time to purchase for yourself or another Shakespeare fan in your life. It’s been an honor to be a part of this series’ journey as beta reader and now blurber. (Is “blurber”…
Book Review: CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING NOW? by Katherine James
It took me quite some time to read Can You See Anything Now? by Katherine James (Paraclete Press, 2017). That might seem like a strange way to start a book review, but hear me out. It’s 2018, and while calling 2018 one of the worst years in human history would be inaccurate and short-sighted, it’s…
Book Review: THIS CHILD OF FAITH by Sophfronia Scott and Tain Gregory
I received Sophfronia Scott’s memoir This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World from Paraclete Press in January, right before I left on a 2-week trip to Northern Ireland. On the night of February 14, I was lying in a Dublin hotel room, trying to get my daughter to sleep before…
Book Review: AT HOME IN THIS LIFE by Jerusalem Jackson Greer
I’m departing from my usual focus on history and children’s literature to review a book I had the opportunity of reading back in the final third of 2017. In my interview with Carmela Martino on her book Playing by Heart, I shared that despite identifying as a mainline Protestant myself, I tend to steer clear…
Celebrating PLAYING BY HEART with Author Carmela Martino
Hi, everyone! Today, I’m celebrating the release of my friend Carmela Martino’s recently released novel, Playing by Heart. Carmela’s conversation with us here is part of her celebratory blog tour. Read on, then check out the other posts at http://www.carmelamartino.com/blog/posts/2406. Emilia Salvini dreams of marrying a man who loves music as she does. But in…