Category: Literature

Ben Johnson’s Birthday 0

Ben Johnson’s Birthday

Garrison Keillor posted this on Writer’s Almanac, which is a great tribute: Hymn to the Belly by Ben Jonson ROOM! room! make room for the bouncing Belly, First father of sauce and deviser of jelly;...

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December by Gary Johnson A little girl is singing for the faithful to come ye Joyful and triumphant, a song she loves, And also the partridge in a pear tree And the golden rings and...

My Top Books 0

My Top Books

I’m working on this so I can start a game on FaceBook. I want to go beyond the Telegraph list! Possession – A.S. Byatt The Cruel Sea – Nicholas Monsaratt Bleak House – Charles...

100 novels everyone should read 0

100 novels everyone should read

Found this on the Daily Telegraph web site: I’ll edit it later to put in the one’s I’ve read. This should become a FaceBook game! 100 novels everyone should read 100 The Lord of...

Tim Winton writes again! 0

Tim Winton writes again!

Having knocked over Breath in about four hours, I was more than a little inspired to write another blog entry. The novel’s major concern is the need to each person to establish their own...