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10 Writing Tips That Can Help Almost Anyone « Janet Fitch's Blog. Richard Francis's top 10 pubs in literature. Online Books, Poems, Short Stories - Read Print Library. Online Rhyming Dictionary for Poetry and Songwriting. Shakespeare Searched. ManyBooks.net - Free eBooks for your iPad, smartphone, or eBook. Book reviews and gadgets for readers.

Rankings - English - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and. Ranked in 2013 | English Rankings Methodology Earning a master's degree or Ph.D. in English can improve your writing skills, sharpen your analytical abilities and broaden your literary knowledge.

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These are the top schools for a graduate degree in English. Unlock this Information Sign up for College Compass to get complete access to U.S.News rankings and school data. Journalism Graduate Schools. Directory of open access journals. 100 Awesome Open Courses for Bibliophiles. Book lovers and collectors don’t have to stop learning after they graduate college.

100 Awesome Open Courses for Bibliophiles

There are loads of free courses to take online that will supply you with reading lists, information about the history of books and manuscripts, linguistics, foreign literature, ancient texts and more. Here are 100 awesome open courses for bibliophiles. Joseph Addison. OpenUW Free Courses. The William Blake Page. William Blake (b.

The William Blake Page

Nov. 28, 1757, London--d. Aug. 12, 1827, London) was the first of the great English Romantic poets, as well as a painter and printer and one of the greatest engravers in English history. Largely self-taught, he began writing poetry when he was twelve and was apprenticed to a London engraver at the age of fourteen. Latin Mottos, Latin Phrases, Latin Quotes and Latin Sayings. Performing Arts. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. The sentence's meaning becomes clearer when it's understood that it uses three meanings of the word buffalo: the city of Buffalo, New York, the somewhat uncommon verb "to buffalo" (meaning "to bully or intimidate"), as well as the animal buffalo.

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When the punctuation and grammar are expanded, the sentence could read as follows: "Buffalo buffalo that Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo. " The meaning becomes even clearer when synonyms are used: "Buffalo bison that other Buffalo bison bully, themselves bully Buffalo bison. " Sentence construction Bison engaged in a contest of dominance. Free eBooks at Planet eBook - Classic Novels and Literature You'. Mozilla Firefox. BookMooch: exchange books and trade them, like a book swap or bo.

Submit a Story. 9 Ways to Turn Old Musty Books Into Something Cool » Written Wor. Bibliophiles and bookworms, English majors and lovers of literature: is it possible to have too many books?

9 Ways to Turn Old Musty Books Into Something Cool » Written Wor

They accumulate so quickly! Every member of your family getting you the same three books you requested for Christmas. Seeing Don DeLillo marked half-off, knowing you dumped a half-caff latte on your copy of Underworld, and – even though only the first three pages are illegible – justifying its purchase. 15+ years of required reading lists stored in boxes in your basement, even though you can bet your bippy you will never willingly read the poetry of Robert Burns again. Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Ta. Cinderella by Roald Dahl at Old Poetry. Free Online Literature and Study Guides. The Official Eric Carle Web Site.

Altered books. Cut the bindings off of books found at a used book store.

altered books

Find poems in the pages by the process of obliteration. Put pages in the mail and send them all around the world. Lather, rinse, repeat. This site is a chronicle of a very specific set of collaborations between the artists listed below working on the titles listed below. *loves = referred 200+ people our way loved us on August 21st, 2005. What Should I Read Next? Your Personalized Shakespeare Insult. Jabberwocky. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

Jabberwocky

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch! " He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. Cliche Finder. Have you been searching for just the right cliché to use?

Cliche Finder

Are you searching for a cliché using the word "cat" or "day" but haven't been able to come up with one? Just enter any words in the form below, and this search engine will return any clichés which use that phrase... 17th C. English Literature: Metaphysical Poets. 9 Lists To Keep Updated, and Keep Handy - Stepcase Lifehack.

I bought a Moleskine notebook a long time ago, and for a while it got zero use. My productivity system is totally digital and Web-based, as is my personal journal. I bought the Moleskine because it looked awesome, and because so many other people found it useful. The Moleskine, though, made its way into my pocket or backpack all the time, because of one simple use I found for it: a list manager. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Chapter One A SQUAT grey building of only thirty-four stories.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Absolute Shakespeare - plays, quotes, summaries, essays... Serendipity. 9 of the Weirdest Poems You Will Ever Read. In Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams outlines the three worst styles of poetry in the universe: 3) that of the Vogons; 2) that of the Azoths of Kria; and 1) that of Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings in Greenbridge, England.

9 of the Weirdest Poems You Will Ever Read

Since Adams has already got bad poetry covered, let’s take a look at some of the weirdest poetry in history. (In Earth’s history, anyway.) While some may associate “weird” with “modern” when it comes to art, you might be surprised to see how many of these were written in the seventeen- and eighteen-hundreds, long before being weird was even cool. In chronological order, here nine of the top contenders. 1. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1798 poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a rambling 636-line work about a grizzled old sailor who crashes a wedding ceremony and talks the ear off one of the guests.

Why? 2. “Porphyria’s Lover”, by Robert Browning 3. Planet-Tolkien.com. JournalistExpress: News & Research Portal for Reporters. Finish Every Day – Ralph Waldo Emerson « PJA64X. The Rainy Day. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Portland, Maine 1842) The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust more dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold and dark and dreary; It rains and the wind is never weary; My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past, And youth's fond hopes fall thick in the blast, And my life is dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. Free 8" x 10" print of this poem: Download a mini-poster version of this poem and print it 8" x 10" (at 100 PPI or pixels per inch) on your color printer. This version is a low-res 0.8 MP (megapixel) image. To buy the hi-res version of this poem, click here, or click below to browse the store. Visit our Zazzle store: Fine Poster Art. Danteworlds. News, Magazines, Newspapers, Journals, Reference Articles and Cl.

Flashcards: The world's largest online library of printable flas. Scrapbooking Community and Store. Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers. Dr. Seuss - Books, Biography, Quotes. 2009-10-30-566nouns.gif (GIF Image, 720x679 pixels) - Scaled (83. TeacherXpress - The Education Web - All in One Place - For Busy.

Mark - Night light bookmark. Project info Type:Personal, conceptField:Product designDate:June, 2008Phase:concept, visual prototypeShare: twitter facebook delicious digg stumbleupon friendfeed tumblr Awards / Publications:/Info / Description:Lampmark is a LED powered lamp for night reading. It automatically shuts off when covered with a book while at the same time it serves as a very intuitive bookmark.

Other projects. Famous sayings from Dr. Seuss. Book-A-Minute Bedtime. The kids want a bedtime story again? Kids love it when their parents read to them at bedtime. But let's face it. Great Books Index - List of Titles. An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation. Weekly DIY Roundup: Knit Sweater Patterns! Persimmon Tree Magazine.