I’m exhausted today, please excuse spelling errors.
Favorite Tweets:
Favorite Search Terms:
we cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over our heads but we can refuse…to let them build nests…in our hair: This search term actually made me google this exact thing and the image to your right is what I found. AWESOME.- books that goes with metaphors: I would hope all books go with metaphors, but unfortunately that’s just not the case.
- cassie’s bridal shower gift bingo cards: I would be the chick who played bingo at her bridal shower, and I’d invite all the oldies to come too. Not only bingo, but bunko, penuckle, the list goes on…
- captain planet pumping iron: He sure does have some big muscles (I wrote knuckles here originally…I’m so tired. Men do have hairy knuckles though) but I think Pop-eye could take him after a serious can of spinach.
Books News:
- Teen Reads: Summer Books for You and Your BFF @ NPR
- Ten Books to Read When Mad Men is Over @ The Millions
- Ray Bradbury Quotes @ The Brain Pickings (After his passing this week, quotes have come from all corners of the world – he was a brilliant, brilliant man. If you weren’t forced to read his genius in high school – you need to make him a priority now).
- Ray Bradbury Obituary @ The Guardian
- New in Paperback (June 4-10) @ NPR
- How to Inspire Students to Read this Summer @ Edutopia
- Natasha Trethewey named new US Poet Laureate @ Washington Post
Natasha Tretheway Reading, “Beyond Katrina”
- 10 Reasons Why Cormac McCarthy is a Badass @ Thought Catalog
- Listen to #BEA Podcasts @ BEA
- If you live in Connecticut, you need to go see Judy Blume @ Hartt School
- “Live Forever” about Ray Bradbury @ The Rumpus
- Literature for Life Makes Authors Available for LA Classrooms @ Los Angeles Times
- How Dorothy Parker Came to Rest in Baltimore @ Morning Edition
- Bradbury’s 20 Tips on How to Become a Writer @ Tumblr
- Literary Listings @ Chicago Sun Times
- Golden Age of Books @ The Atlantic
- Rattle List of Poetry Books for Review @ Rattle
- Publishing has Perished @ Wired Cloudline
- Nathan Fillian Talks Why He’s Hooked on Books @ Parade
- Audiobooks for the Family Road-Trip @ NPR
- New Poet Laureate @ Weekend Edition
- Should Shakespeare be Modernized @ Huff Post
- Books of the Boardwalk Empire @ NYPL
- Ron Rash on Southern Literature @ Other People
- Upcoming YA Books @ Huff Post
- Which Books Should you Read this Summer @ Out of Print Clothing
- 80 Years Later Book Returned to Library @ Huff Post
- Google Reaches Deal with French Publishers @ Sun Daily
- Father’s Day Books @ Random House
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Lesser-Known Editing Marks
Not Your Mother’s Editing Marks @ Mighty Red Pen
- Because We SO Care What Lebron James is Reading @ Game On!
- 22 Rules of Storytelling According to Pixar @ io9
- The Mother of All Girls’ Books @ The American Prospect
- Fictional Food @ Huff Post
- Best Poetry Presses by Design @ Ploughshares
- International Book Project @ DONATE
June 13th, 2012 at 7:34 am
Love that quote and picture about the nest in the hair. That needs to be on your “frame” wall.
June 13th, 2012 at 9:18 am
I’ll take Newsday Tuesday any day of the week and I adore the “nest” picture. Had to Pin it. Thank you for another entertaining post.
June 13th, 2012 at 4:37 pm
I love that picture too! Anytime girl. Hope you found something juicy and bookish.
June 13th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Who is searching Captain Planet ANYTHING? Lamest. Superhero. Ever.
June 13th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
WHAT. He introduced recycling into heroism. He may not have webs, Louis Lane or knives protruding from his knuckles but he’s super!
June 14th, 2012 at 5:58 am
Lots of great stuff in here, love the Ray Bradbury writers tips, he’s such an inspiration still.
June 14th, 2012 at 7:42 am
I loved reading everyone’s postings of his quotes on twitter. They were always point perfect and witty.
June 14th, 2012 at 7:47 am
I just read my first short story by him, have you read any of his work? And have you read that Steinbeck short story collection Jason mentions in my comments on ‘The Pearl’?
June 14th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
I have read two of his novels. One in high school and one in college. They were both wonderful. I haven’t read the Steinbeck at all, but I’m reading Of Mice and Men this summer because my students are reading it for summer as well. We will see if I read more of him after that. Let me know if you read his short stories!