Why Thoreau went to the woods
On a walk around Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts we stopped at the site where Thoreau had built his cabin. I asked another tourist if she might not read aloud…
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Japanese guitarist plays gentle instrumentals
Watch video here. WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? It’s like appreciation for this country. [referring to another song he played but not appearing in this video] My intuition, my intuitionish expression.…
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Nana’s Wicker Back
Nancy-Ellen sculpted characters from her book “Nana’s Wicker Back.” The title references the scarring pattern on her own grandmother’s back from whippings as a slave. “These women are bought and…
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Million men marched
Kelly Starling Lyons, an author of African American theme pictured books, shared her stories with students at the J.S Jenks Middle School in Philadelphia in celebration of Black History month…
At age 85, her Mom becomes a nun
“’Nobody dies at the end of this book. Try not to let this fact mislead you. As far as my Mother is concerned, it is important to distinguish between…
Brings deconstructed astronomy book to science high school interview
My book is called a deconstruction book and it’s like when you get a plain old book that nobody reads, sits on the shelves at stores and stuff and getting…
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Casting Spells at Chestnut Hill’s Harry Potter weekend
Megan Amsterdam, right, casts a spell on Katie Blumberh. They were joined by friend Danielle Knauer and had just attended Quidditch tournaments at Chestnut Hill College during the Harry Potter…
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Readers are leaders: Chestnut Hill Book Festival 2011
Somewhere I saw, a long time ago, a button or bumper sticker that said "Readers are Leaders" And I think that's really true- that people who read find out details…
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Sending Books to Prisoners
Brenda Cook of Wynnefield Heights and other women from the Sharon Baptist Church ministry package books destined for prisoners at Books Through Bars in West Philadelphia. The 20 year-old all…
Student cuts school to hear author
Tim Wood and Kate Stover picked up their daughter Lydia during school to come and see a talk by author Sherman Alexie, whose works Lydia has been reading in school.Lydia…