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“The Girl Who Got Rattled” and “The Life of the Winds of Heaven” by Stewart Edward White

May 20, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

White was a keen observer of the beauties of nature and human nature yet could render them in a plain-spoken…

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“The New Englander” and “War” by Sherwood Anderson

May 15, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

Anderson was considered a “writer’s writer”. His style was Naturalism. Anderson invites the reader into his process as a writer,…

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“Big Two-Hearted River” Parts 1&2 by Ernest Hemingway

April 18, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

This week we bring you “Big Two-Hearted River” Parts I & II by Ernest Hemingway. The story explores the healing…

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“The Fore-Room Rug” by Kate Douglas Wiggin and “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield

April 11, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

Wiggin is most known for her novel “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” – standard reading for girls of my generation. She…

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“The Nice People” and “The Love Letters of Smith” by H.C. Bunner

April 4, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

HC Bunner was part of the “Local Color” movement in writing. Around 1870 writers began to offer delightful vignettes of…

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“The Brothers” by Louisa May Alcott

February 28, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

For our last story honoring #BlackHistoryMonth we bring you “The Brothers” by Louisa May Alcott. I learned another term this…

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“Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin and “The Sheriff’s Children” by Charles W. Chesnutt

February 21, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

This week we bring you two more stories in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth Kate Chopin is not African American. But I…

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“The Lynching of Jube Benson” and “The Mission of Mr. Scatters” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

February 14, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

This week we continue our tribute to Black History Month. Paul Dunbar was the husband of last week’s author Alice…

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“Sister Josepha”, “Titee”, “Tony’s Wife” and “By the Bayou St. John” by Alice Dunbar Nelson

February 6, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

It’s February, and all month long, we bring you African American authors in honor of Black History month. Our first…

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“Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby” and “Dr. Bates and Miss Sally” by Kathleen Norris

January 30, 2021 Jen Leave a comment

Norris was a native of San Francisco. I enjoy reading her stories; She always references places I am very familiar…

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