Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is one of my truest book loves. This is not a surprise to anyone, if you'll recall my January post about my visit to Orchard House: "A (Cold, Broke) Boston Girl’s Guide to “Little Women”. Side bar: I'm always happy to discuss Little Women (or any other Alcott works!) just drop … Continue reading Revising Little Women: “Jo & Laurie” by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz
I started August in Kansas at my grandparents house, was back in Colorado for a spell and ended August in Boston back in my apartment getting settled in for the new school year. My classes start (all remotely) next week and I'm looking forward to the way my coursework will intersect as the courses I'm … Continue reading August Reading Roundup
I started my original blog, Contextualizing the Classics in the fall of 2017 when I was a junior at Kansas State University as a project for a major authors course on Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie. The original posts on this blog paired classic literature with a more contemporary title and offered resources to help … Continue reading Welcome to Bookishly Bright
There was water in the Verdigris River when I drove over it in eastern Kansas between Yates Center and Eureka. For some reason, this surprised me, perhaps because I was so used to the dry river beds of the Smoky Hill River and the Arkansas River in the western part of the state where I … Continue reading Little House in the Ozarks: A Literary Pilgrimage
July has flown by quicker than any month of quarantine, and even though I thought that I would be bored without classes, I found lots of things to occupy myself including sewing, embroidery, and of course reading. It's time for a little bit of a life update too, as the fall semester is due to … Continue reading July Reading Roundup
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