Friday, September 25, 2026
Thursday, September 24, 2026
A MIXED BAG
It's rare that a movie based on the book is better. If the book and movie are equal to me, that is a success. There have been numerous times when I watched the movie and read the book, I wondered if they are two different stories with the same title.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Monday, September 21, 2026
Saturday, September 19, 2026
NIGHT WALK
I enjoy strolling city streets at night. When I find a quiet spot I take inventory of the silence. Even on a street with revelers and traffic, I embrace it.
A writer's life is lonely at times. Putting my ideas on paper, organizing them, and creating a story or poem. I don't feel alone, I enjoy the solitude
Friday, September 18, 2026
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
OBSCURE AUTHOR
CLAUDE MCKAY. (1890-1948)
Poet,writer, journalist
Part of the Harlem Renaissance
Besides poetry, McKay wrote 5 novels, a vollection of short stories, 2 autobiobraphicbooks.
Wrote 4 poetry collections
Socially and politically active in the Communist Party which he later rejected.
IF WE MUST DIE- one of his well known poems
HOME TO HARLEM- his most famous novel
Became American citizen in 1940
Converted to Catholicism
Monday, September 14, 2026
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Friday, September 11, 2026
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Wednesday, September 09, 2026
Tuesday, September 08, 2026
Monday, September 07, 2026
Sunday, September 06, 2026
Friday, September 04, 2026
Thursday, September 03, 2026
SEPTEMBER AUTHORS
Ann Beattie
Agatha Christie
Roald Dahl
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Stephen King
Mary Oliver
Sonia Sanchez
Leo Tolstoy
Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Monday, August 31, 2026
OBSCURE POET
Poet, essayist, educator, social worker
Associated with the Harlem Renaissance
Had 4 poems published
Poems were allegorical in nature
JOY
Joy shakes me like the wind that lifts the sail
Like the roistering wind
That laughs through stalwart pines
It floods me like the sun
On rain-drenched trees
That flash with silver and green.
I abandon myself to joy
I laugh-I sing,
Too long have I walked a desolate way
Too long stumbled down a maze
Bewildered.
Friday, August 28, 2026
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Monday, August 24, 2026
Saturday, August 22, 2026
NOIR FAN
I loved watching detective stories on TV growing up. The movies were plentiful in the theaters. When I read the books below, I was like a kid in a candy store.
There are noir stories set in other cities here and around the world. I have read five of these books and plan on reading more of them.
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