Shakespearean teaches the Hokey Pokey [via BoingBoing]
Brazil prisoners reading books to shorten their sentences [via The Telegraph]
Book Drive
Help support The Read Alliance in its online book drive for the Summer Reading Program, which kicks off in July. Help stock their libraries by purchasing a book or giving a cash donation! [via The Read Alliance]
Writing
C.S. Lewis on writing “Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.” [via Letters of Note]
Tweet of the Day
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— Page Views (@NYDNBooks) June 26, 2012
Birthday
Pearl Buck (1892), author of The Good Earth. Buck won The Nobel Prize in Literature, 1938. [via Noberlprize.org]
Out of Print
Stay tuned tomorrow for a big announcement!
