Reflections of childhood imagining and how too often our society fails to foster it.
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Tag Archives: Children
Childhood Imagination: Encourage It or Lose It
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My Childhood Love for Krauss/Sendak
Ruth Krauss’s children’s literature, often illustrated by Sendak, recognized and empowered me as a child.
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Blake on Racism and Child Abuse
Blake’s “Little Black Boy,” quoted by Lamott in her latest book, is a complex exploration of racism.
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Obey Your Parents or Face the Lion
Today being Hilaire Belloc’s birthday, I share one of his darkly comic “Cautionary Tales for Children.”
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School in August?! Blake Appalled
In “School Boy,” the idea of going to school in summer appalls Blake. He’d be horrified at American start times.
Longfellow, 19th-Century Rock Star
More passages from Pearl’s “The Dante Club,” about the 19th Century’s love of poetry.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Children's Hour", "Psalm of Life", Dante Club, Evangeline, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Matthew Pearl, Ralph Waldo Emerson Comments closed
Bringing Back the Games of Yesteryear
My grandson is visiting, getting me to break out the old games my father loved.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ballad of the Games of Yesteryear", "Ballad of the Ladies of Bygone Times", children's games, Francois Villon, Scott Bates Comments closed
Devoured by Kisses
Hugging my grandchildren for the first time in over 18 months brought to mind Longfellow’s “Children’s Hour.”
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Poet Louise Glück, Nobel Laureate
American poet Louise Glück, the latest Nobel literature laureate, explore existential questions in a personal way in “Mother and Child.”
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