August 4, 1892, is infamously remembered as the ill-fated day when Andrew and Abby Borden were bludgeoned to death in their Massachusetts home, slaughtered in broad daylight while daughter Lizzie, just a floor removed from the crime scene, heard nothing extraordinary. The murders for which she is notorious occurred not so long ago that her…
Comics Code Authority: The Great Ruin of Interesting Things
Comics used to be wild: wild stories, wild concepts, wild images, across-the-board wild creativity. The Great Comics Boom of the 1930s was a time of artistic discovery--the introduction of cheesy and outlandish ideas that became tropes by virtue of overuse. Superheroes weren’t even the tip of the iceberg. Like novels, comics embodied the breadth of…
State by State Stories
During the month of our nation's founding, let’s set aside all the ugly and disparaging spitefulness that seems to increasingly embody and divide our nation. So often we take for granted the vast, magnificent expanse of earth that is the United States. Although “America the Beautiful” was written one hundred and twenty-five years ago, the…
Summer Weddings
There is an over-abundance of wedding-themed literature. A simple catalog search for wedding fiction yields a treasure trove of campy, lusty, sappy romances. Romance books provide fascinating and probing insight on the topic of desire--not in a sexually explicit manner (though there is plenty of that), but in a deeper, more emotional sense. The reader…
New Book Club in a Bag additions in June!
June saw four new additions to our ever-growing Book Club in a Bag collection! Follow these links to read more about each new addition: Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay): Book Club in A Bag The Hamilton Affair (Elizabeth Cobbs) Book Club in A Bag Human Acts (Han Kang) Book Club in A Bag The Master &…
You’re killing me, Smalls!
Scab eater! – Butt sniffer! – Fart smeller! – Slurs thrown until the ultimate insult - You play ball like a giiirrrl! - demands retribution on the ball field. While females everywhere roll their eyes and swear, “You only wish you played ball like a girl,” under their collective breaths, the scene makes even a…
Divorced – Beheaded – Died, Divorced – Beheaded – Survived
Despite his many enduring legacies -- foundation of the Church of England, patronage of the arts that ushered in the Renaissance, authorization to translate the Bible into English (making religious text available to commoners), establishment of the British Navy, creation of the Kingdom of Ireland, and the promotion of parliamentary government and an efficient tax…
Oh daddy dear, you know you’re still number one ~ Cyndi Lauper
Self-centered, inept moron ... Ruthless, manipulative Machiavellian ... Murderous imperialist, deadbeat dad On the third Sunday of every June, we honor the men present in our lives, those who love, appreciate, and mentor; we reflect on the affectionate, supportive fathers who actively contribute to the strong sense of wellbeing and positive self-esteem of …yadda-yadda-yadda. But…
New Book Club in a Bag additions in May!
May saw four new additions to our ever-growing Book Club in a Bag collection! Follow these links to read more about each new addition: The Alice Network (Kate Quinn): Book Club in A Bag In the Heat of the Night (John Dudley Ball): Book Club in A Bag The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar…
Anne Brontë: January 17, 1820-May 28, 1849
Anne was considered the quiet one, at least according to the big biography about her sister, Charlotte Brontë. So was Anne's work, in a way, which didn’t have the passion that one would expect from Charlotte or Emily. Emily was vicious and wild; Charlotte was reserved, smoldering, and conflicted. Anne was matter of fact. Anne…
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