General News from the World of Literature
How many of you remember Lady Bird Johnson? My initial response upon becoming aware of her was to giggle because of her name. Her real name was Claudia, but it seems that her nanny told someone she was ‘as pretty as a lady bird’ and the name stuck. Her father called her Lady and LBJ called her Bird. Oh well…… Biographer Betty Boyd Caroli said
Can you imagine a world in which there is no To Kill a Mockingbird? How about In Cold Blood? April 28, 2021, marked the birthday of Harper Lee, who would have been 95 if she were still alive. Notwithstanding the supposed lack of awareness of America’s youth as to literary classics, ask any teenage student in the states of Georgia and Alabama (and probably Mississippi)
The Reading Habits Of Five Generations [Infographic] By Andre Calilhanna – August 10, 20203718270 Facebook Twitter Email I’ll admit, I’m not great at remembering which generation is which, and I do get a kick out of how people like to pit one against another. I guess that’s just the way we do everything these days. OK Boomers vs. Millennials. Gen Z vs. Gen X. And is it wrong that I didn’t
“A knockout of a story, written by the reigning queen of historical fiction. Quinn’s trio of heroines practically leap off the page in this stunning novel, which melds spy-hunting with love stories that will stir your soul. A book for the ages.”—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Networkreturns with a new heart-stopping World
Watch | Ken Burns | Hemingway | Ken Burns | PBS https://kenburns.console.pbs.org/kenburns/hemingway/watch Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein give us a behind-the-scenes look at the production of Hemingway. We explore where Ernest Hemingway lived and traveled as the team visits his home in Cuba,…
Anyone who lived in Atlanta in the 50’s and 60’s was very familiar with Memorial Drive. During those decades, Atlanta was still a city, barely on the cusp of becoming the metropolis it is today, and people were familiar with the many neighborhoods spiraling outward from the gold-plated Capitol dome. Memorial Drive was a vital east-west corridor linking East Lake, Kirkwood, Edgewood, Grant Park, Cabbagetown,
Many of us think that Amanda Gorman ‘stole the show’ at the Presidential Inauguration January 20, 2021. Dressed in a fetching yellow coat, she looked like an American Girl doll. Someone should have put a stool behind the lecturn to let us better see her face. And then she began to recite her inaugural poem. That’s when the magic started, and we saw into the
Some of us are missing our Johns Island Public Library. Don’t forget to check out other libraries in the system for hours and directions. The Charleston County Library website has all the answers. http://ccpl.org
The Sandcastle Book Club met via Zoom on January 11, at 1:00. Madeleine Kaye facilitated a lively discussion of Big Lies in a Small Town, by Diane Chamberlain. Over 20 members tuned in. After listening to a podcast in which the author was interviewed, Kaye was able to offer unique insight into features of the book. One book club member had read all of Chamberlain’s
