In the U.S., March is Women’s History Month (and it’s also the month in which I was born, which I don’t think is a coincidence) and to celebrate, I’m presenting a three-part series of the women in literature – both fictional and real – that have helped shape my own ideas about women, writing, reading [...]
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Love is a many-spendored thing
Happy Valentine’s Day, bookworms! Love in literature is a favorite theme that most authors explore at one point or another. Maybe it’s because love is universal or perhaps it’s because some of the greatest stories are love stories. Either way, literature is replete with tales, poems, plays, odes and novels all about lovers and the [...]
Terrifying Trivia Answers
Last week, I posted some Halloween-related literature questions to test your knowledge. Now that the happy holiday has arrived, so have the answers: 1. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, what kind of animal/creature was Shelob? Giant spider (also acceptable: spider; evil in the form of a spider) 2. In Washington Irving’s The [...]
