Maureen Bakis is a 12th-grade English teacher at Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She’s also been using comics in her classroom for a while now, to great success. We talked to her to glean her expert advice on how to use comics to reach students.
Bestselling author Julia Spencer-Fleming’s latest novel, ONE WAS A SOLDIER, explores the problems veterans face as they reenter society. Born on an Air Force Base and growing up an “Army brat,” Julia recalls how her mother always made sure to stock the bookshelves of the family’s new abodes and, even in poorer times, kept book-loving Julia well supplied.
Flannery O'Connor
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
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Flannery O'Connor
April is Autism Awareness Month, and so it’s a perfect time to draw attention to one mother’s recent compilation of an excellent list of graphic novels for her autistic son. This extensive list was published on AutMont, an autism resources site centered in Montgomery County, Maryland. This is a pretty comprehensive assortment of titles, and it ranges from such classics like Bone and Tintin to newer bestsellers like Babymouse, Copper, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Asterix.
April 16, 2011
Luanne Rice: A Tribute to Lucille Arrigan Rice, Who Taught Her Not to Worry About What Other People Think
A New York Times bestseller whose work has been internationally acclaimed, Luanne Rice is the author of 29 novels --- the latest of which, THE SILVER BOAT, is now available in bookstores. Below she remembers the woman who helped launch her writing career by giving her what she never had herself --- a sense of freedom.
Pixie Foudre
Browsing the dim back corner
Of a musty antique shop
Opened an old book of poetry
Angels flew out from the pages
I caught the whiff of a soul
The ink seemed fresh as today
Was that voices whispering?
The tree of the paper still grows.
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Pixie Foudre
