The Funnies | Andrea Reads America. This is a guest post from writer Peter E. Murphy who contributed in response to the American Vignette call for submissions. The setting is New York. Enjoy. I read before I learned to read, or at least I pretended to. He read the Herald Tribune and The Times, but they were black and white and didn’t have funnies. My father helped me print my name and address on the little form, write the address on the envelope and gave me a 3¢ stamp to lick. My father lifted me so I could put the envelope in the mailbox. I was not going to buy a horse and ride it down six flights of stairs.
Peter E. Like this: Like Loading... Jim Burke: English Companion. Article on Close Reading. Welcome to the first post in our 7-week blog-a-thon on #closereading. We invite YOU to join in! Find more on how-to here. Several selected posts will be linked to on the Contributors page. Let’s closely read the practice of close reading together! Close Reading Isn’t Just Anything Just as I suddenly–and against my will–have now heard hundreds of people use the term “twerking” in near constant use, from the VMAs to news anchors to walking into the grocery store… and I don’t think everyone is using it correctly (if you don’t know the definition, please do not hold me accountable for what you google)…, it seems that once a term comes in vogue everyone uses it to define everything.
The term “close reading” seems to be experiencing a similar misapplied overuse: What were once called “textbook questions” are now being called close reading.Excuse me, is that classroom of students independently reading? Close Reading Is… We find Patricia Kain’s work from the Writing Center at Harvard instructive. Literature Learning Guides & Teacher Resources. QUIET. More Two-Sitting Reads: The Books You Just Couldn't Put Down. Lands End: The Sands Point Gatsby Connection - Christopher Bain - Port Washington, NY Patch. [Note: Many more photos are linked to at the end of this article] Growing up in Port Washington, we always heard about a big house in Sands Point, which everyone referred to as “the Gatsby House”.
From the road the fabled house couldn’t be seen, though everyone knew that the sign reading “Lands End” marked the spot. Sitting on a small bluff called Prospect Point, the majestic structure was visible for miles to boaters on Long Island Sound. Designed by some long forgotten architect in1902, the massive columned structure was made famous by newspaper baron Herbert Bayard Swope, who threw lavish parties, often lasting for days. Guests and party-goers came from the top strata of Hollywood, Broadway, business and politics. One of these guests, F. The house and 13 acre property passed to several new owners throughout the 20th century, slowly falling into disrepair in the 1990’s.
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