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    Right now I am drinking a Diet Dr K - it's the...

    Right now I am drinking a Diet Dr K - it's the Kroger supermarket brand -imitation Dr. Pepper. It ain't bad. Though I like their lime cola better. I drank the last of that yesterday.
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    start when he was born, then move on to his...

    start when he was born, then move on to his relationship with his adopted family and his schooling. Then you could look into family life and his career, and his relationships with other authors of...
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    Poll: I chose Frank only because Scarlett's sisters...

    I chose Frank only because Scarlett's sisters weren't on there. I don't think Scarlett really 'suffered'. Certainly her inability to have Ashley didn't prevent her from engineering unsuitable...
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    Great sites! I love that Eddie Poe Alone idea. ...

    Great sites! I love that Eddie Poe Alone idea. Awesome. I always love things that can make people see an author in a more human way, even if it is just a small window into a specific time period. ...
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    Here's a few from one shelf Ship of Fools -...

    Here's a few from one shelf

    Ship of Fools - Katherine Anne Porter
    Victor Hugo - Graham Robb
    The Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway
    One Hundred Best Poems for Boys and Girls
    A Book of Famous Poems...
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    This song was in the movie American Gigolo....

    This song was in the movie American Gigolo. Richard Gere is singing
    along with it while he packs his suitcase, but I don't think it's on
    the soundtrack.

    Smokey Robinson has been called the poet...
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    Poe in The Movies

    Annabell Lee becomes part of the insanity in 1971's Play Misty For Me, a Clint Eastwood movie, where Clint is stalked by an obsessive fan
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    I like all of the aforementioned, Israfel, The...

    I like all of the aforementioned, Israfel, The Bells, Bridal Ballad and, of course, Alone (is it how he always felt?)

    Alone - Edgar Allan Poe
    From childhood's hour I have not been
    As others...
  9. Tidbits-interesting things about Harriet Beecher Stowe

    Her children:

    In Ohio, she met Calvin Stowe, a professor of Biblical Literature at Lane and clergyman who fervently opposed slavery. He was nine years her senior and the widower of her dear...
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    My eyes are grey. If they take on the color of...

    My eyes are grey. If they take on the color of something I'm wearing, they might appear blue or green.
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    A great story

    A great story
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    Wikipedia has a list of French artists by century...

    Wikipedia has a list of French artists by century if you still need this info

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_artists#Nineteenth_century_.28Romanticism_to_Impressionism.29
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    Read It Out Loud With Someone

    My daughter and her class had this assignment this school year. She brought a friend home and I read a chapter out loud to them. We read the rest of the story out loud taking turns after that. ...
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    I do love The Cask of Amontillado. His...

    I do love The Cask of Amontillado. His repetition of Fortunato always blew me away.

    Yes, for the love of God.
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    Sticky: Greetings

    Hi, I'm Valerie. I'm glad I found this board and am looking forward to meeting here to discuss literature. Guess my name gives a clue that I like Victor Hugo, but he's not the only one. ;)
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