Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability
This book (of poems and essays by accomplished poets living with disabilities)...is "going to be one of the defining collections of the 21st century."
- Ron Silliman
Stephen Kuusisto: Do Not Interrupt: A Playful Take on the Art of Conversation (AARP)
NEW! In this erudite and playful primer on the art of conversation Stephen Kuusisto vigorously tackles the slippery subject of how to converse meaningfully with others. Kuusisto employs a wide range of personal anecdotes, classical texts, and an engaging style to illustrate his points. In seven short, provocative and imaginatively wrought chapters, he spins a compelling argument for the joys of “being connected,” and skillfully shows how to achieve this bond in everyday exchanges.
Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
featured on the cover of this week's Publishers Weekly, under a cover line saying "The Making of a Bestseller 2010."
Fries Kenny: The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory
John Hockenberry: Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence
Gregory Orr: Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved
William O'Daly: Still Another Day
nominated for a Quill Award in Poetry
Stephen Kuusisto: Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening
Lee Martin: The Bright Forever
Congratulations to Lee Martin, a finalist for this year's Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for "The Bright Forever".
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Melissa's a Failure. (Is she EVER!)
Blue girl is too.
So does that mean that even though I may be a "Poor" 1930's wife, I'm still superior to them?
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25 As a 1930s wife, I am |
Don't tell them I just missed being a "failure" by one point. They don't need to know I may have stretched the truth just a bit when I said I "dress for breakfast". Considering the fact that I am usually in my birthday suit when I roll out of bed, anything I might put on is considered dressing, isn't it?
~ Connie
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Whoa. I was a 9. I am delighted with congress, though.
Posted by: TheQueen | June 25, 2008 at 08:33 PM
LOL, Connie!
I'm surprised that since you wear your *birthday suit* to bed, that you aren't considered the very best wife ever, no matter the decade!
Posted by: blue girl | June 26, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Eep! I actually got a 62, "Superior." *blush* That would be huge news to my husband. It sure isn't for my skillful housekeeping or for any "dainty and feminine" qualities. (Being active in the PTA might have helped. And I do sew clothes for self and kids sometimes, I suspect that got me some big points... but it REALLY shouldn't, because I make a huge mess when I do it, and leave a million other things undone to noodle around with the sewing machine for hours and hours.)
Posted by: Penny | June 26, 2008 at 01:36 PM
I tested my husband and myself Connie, we both came up average! Does that make us boring? LOL!
Posted by: Author | June 29, 2008 at 11:17 AM