by Litchatte Reviewer, Paul Ho We welcome my longtime friend from Philadelphia, Paul Ho, who starts off with his Litchatte blog with 9 mini-reviews of books about notable popular musicians.
Hope is a thing called feathers: Emily Dickinson Applies to 19th-Century ‘Victorian Book’
Emily Drops Out of School and Becomes a Recluse In 1848 (at the age of 18) Emily Dickinson dropped out of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now named Amherst College). The
School Declares Emily Dickinson Hopeless. She Returns to the Homestead for Good!
School officials placed Emily Dickinson in the “no hope” category, so she returned to the Homestead, her family home, to write in seclusion. Editors later refused to publish her originally
Would Emily Dickinson Participate on Facebook? Poetry Workshop Part I
Emily Dickinson in the age of social media… In our age, where so many people feel the need to be defined by their social media likes and dislikes, there has
No thanks for my service! The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Murray Ellison has been haunted by The Yellow Birds and has re-read it several times since it was published in 2012. That is why he offered to moderate The RVA
Patricia Highsmith and The Talented Mr. Ripley
By Ann Ramsey Day Ann Ramsey Day is a retired language teacher and school counselor. She is an active member and facilitator of the RVA Classic Book Club. As a
Active Verses Contemplative and the Injury to the Title Character in Tess of the d’Urbervilles
This Litchatte is a writeup by Don Wilms (see photo below) from his March 2021 RVA Classic Bookclub discussion 0f Tess of d’Urbervilles* Steeped in the traditions of centuries
How Tom Sawyer Inspired Me to Start the RVA Classic Book Club
No, I didn’t have to trick others into whitewashing a wall. But in this column, I will explain why and how the RVA Classic book was formed, and how
Emily Dickinson: How to Tell the Truth with A Slant
Updated from the August 9, 2018, Litchatte “Poetry Workshop” Posting (Reprinted due to current relevance) In 2020 and 2021, ex-President Donald Trump told his supporters that he won the presidential
George Bernard Shaw and Saint Joan
* By Wade Curry On February 5, 2021, the RVA (Richmond) Classics Book Club met via Zoom to discuss Shaw’s, Saint Joan. This play apparently convinced the Nobel committee to