Category Archives: Poetry

ULYSSES+ Quarterly Report

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

NYC has had its usual share of rainy weather since the start of the year, which means that I’ve been making good progress on my ULYSSES+ project. In just 3 months, I’ve read 5 of the 12 books-published-in-1922 chosen as … Continue reading →

Posted in Am reading, Animal tales, Castles and towers, Classic, Fantasy, Humorous, Newbery Award, Poetry, ULYSSES+ | Tagged E. F. Benson, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Hugh Lofting, James Joyce, Joan Aiken, Margery Williams, T S Eliot | 8 Comments

ULYSSES+

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

You may already know that 2022 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses, which I first read about 50 years ago, while a senior at university. The professor organized the class so that we read a … Continue reading →

Posted in Am reading, Fantasy, Fiction, Humorous, Newbery Award, Poetry, short stories, ULYSSES+ | Tagged E E Cummings, E F Benson, E R Eddison, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Hugh Lofting, James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Margery Williams, P G Wodehouse, Rafael Sabatini, T S Eliot, Willa Cather | 4 Comments

Ghoulish image

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Lizzie Ross

Because there can never be too much Poe available on this spooky day, here’s a little something I spotted at a recent art show (IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair) in NYC: “Edgar Allen Poe”, Horst Janssen (1929 – 1995), color etching, 1988 … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Gothic, Horror, Macabre, Mystery, Poetry, RIP | Tagged Edgar Allan Poe | Leave a comment

WITCH WEEK DAY SIX: The Genius of Ursula K Le Guin

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Lizzie Ross

Le Guin’s fantasy fans will recognize these few lines from The Creation of Éa, her imagined mythology of Earthsea: Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life; bright the hawk’s flight on the empty sky. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Witch Week | Tagged Tanya Manning-Yarde, Ursula K Le Guin | 9 Comments

This and that

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Lizzie Ross

As NYC swelters through the dog days of summer, I find myself wishing for an early start to fall. This summer, what with work projects and reading projects and writing projects, has been busy. It’s also passed quickly — in ten … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Gothic, Graphic Novel, Newbery Award, Poetry, Supernatural | Tagged Bram Stoker, Cece Bell, Jacqueline Woodson, Jessica Day George, Kwame Alexander | 6 Comments

On poetry

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Lizzie Ross

Four Newbery winners are books of poetry. One, Karen Hesse’s Out of the Dust, is a novel in free verse and will be featured in a separate post. The other three are reviewed below. A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: … Continue reading →