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Tag Archives: E.B. White
An Ode to E.B. White and a Very Special Teacher
I post this every year at the beginning of the school year, in honor of all the teachers out there – the teachers I know, teachers I’ve had. I post this especially for my sister Jean, a middle school teacher, … Continue reading
An Ode to E.B. White And A Very Special Teacher
I post this every year at the beginning of the school year, in honor of all the teachers out there. Many of my friends are teachers, my sister is a teacher … and it is also in honor of anyone … Continue reading
Letters
The following exchange of letters pleased me so much. Groucho Marx to E.B. White EB White’s response How much do I want to join those two for cocktails and see what they talk about!!?
5 Books
Got a cool mee-mee from 50 Books: Five most recent books you’ve bought for yourself: Grover Cleveland (The American Presidents Series) – by Henry Graff Then She Found Me – by Elinor Lipman – I used to have this book … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Atonement, By the Lake, E.B. White, Elinor Lipman, John McGahern, Orson Welles, Ryszard Kapuściński, Simon Callow
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Letter to E.B. White
I found the letter to Mr. EB White very touching. It has to do with a real-life Mr. Stuart Little, which – naturally – makes me think of this.
“only time will tell”
Whether children will find anything amusing in it, only time will tell. — EB White to his editor Cass Canfield, on the manuscript of “Charlotte’s Web”
Kids Books
A fun little mini-meme. I am upping the choices to five as opposed to three. Why? Because I want to! Name five favorite childrens series. 1. The Chronicles of Narnia, by CS Lewis 2. The Wrinkle in Time Quintet Boxed … Continue reading
An Ode To a Very Special Teacher
To the teachers I know … and I know a ton of them (whether they have a job or not – right, Beth?) … actually, my friend Betsy is a guidance counselor starting a new job this week … so … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, E.B. White
Today is apparently a day of acknowledgement. First Keith M. And I just realized that today is E.B. White’s birthday. Now – not only are his essays classics of the form (honestly: it’s like he invented the form) – he’s … Continue reading
100 Greatest Novels of All Time
… as chosen by The Observer. I have read 37 of them. But, of course, being obnoxious, I have a couple of comments about some of the books: The Executioner’s Song? What? To have THAT book be on there and … Continue reading
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Tagged Catch-22, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte's Web, children's books, D.H. Lawrence, E.B. White, E.M. Forster, Emily Bronte, England, fiction, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Henry James, Ireland, Italy, Joseph Heller, Primo Levi, Russia, Wuthering Heights
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