Tag Archive: birthday
Langston Hughes and Dreams
February 1, 2012Happy Birthday, Langston Hughes! Here are two poems Hughes wrote about dreams. Do you have a favorite Langston Hughes poem? “Dreams” Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go… Read More →
Happy Birthday Maurice Sendak!
June 10, 2011Maurice Sendak, author, illustrator and big fan of Out of Print (proud owner of our Moby-Dick shirt!), recalling a great story with a child fan. “Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer… Read More →
Found: New York Public Library and Lego Lions
May 18, 2011(photo by – @RogerClark41 Lego Lions from Artist Nathan Sawaya for @nypl Lions 100th Birthday Celebration) I was watching NY1 this morning and reporter Roger Clark did a cool piece on Lego artist Nathan Sawaya and his Lego version of the New York Public Library’s… Read More →
Dorothy Richardson and Stream of Consciousness
May 17, 2011(photo- Dorothy Richardson website, University of Keele) Happy Birthday Dorothy Richardson, born on this date in 1873. She is seen as the pioneer of the stream of consciousness method of writing that influenced Virginia Woolf and Oscar Wilde. Woolf said that Richardson “has invented, or,… Read More →
