author: beth miller

... Gertrude Stein wrote in a fairly obscure poem called “Patriarchal Poetry,” published in 1927, thirteen years after Tender Buttons had brought her the title “The Mama of Dada,” “Patriarchal poetry might be what they wanted.” Although Stein ...

... Sailing for Dummies? CAPTAIN: And you know our motto.... FIRST MATE AND CREW: Be prepared? CAPTAIN: No, no, no. Safety first! But you're getting closer. At least, we're finally getting somewhere. CREW: That's the problem. We aren't ...

... long as I could, so I chose some chapter books for younger readers—the Stick ... characters. We also read all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which made me ... run- ning into many people with dogs. We would stay off the beaten path ...