Blogs about: Shirley Jackson

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

aadikah wrote 2 weeks ago: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson … more →

Tags: Books, previously read, Fiction, 2005, June

It's a Little, You Know, Short, Isn't It? 3 comments

rdjahn wrote 1 month ago: Book publishers famously hate short story collections. They just don’t sell. Women buy novels … more →

Tags: Books, Reviews, Reading, Raymond Carver, Short Stories, Fiction, Stephen King, Charles Bukowski, Harlan Ellison

Fear Itself Episode 7: Community (Review)

lala0428 wrote 1 month ago: Last night’s episode entitled, Community, the show should have been called Lukewarm, because that … more →

Tags: horror fatale, Fear Itself, American Psycho, mary harron, Brandon Routh, fear itself episode 7, The Community, the lottery

The Road Through the Wall

Saint Know-All wrote 1 month ago: I’ve always heard about Shirley Jackson, and while I once read her seminal short story The Lo … more →

Tags: Reviews, Books, the lottery, The Road Through the Wall

Haunting of Hill House

Karen Rice wrote 1 month ago: While trolling the Salvation Army bookshelf one day, I came across a treasure: The Haunting of Hil … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Horror, Stephen King, Haunting Of Hill House

Bang Bang my flight was delayed.1 comment

tammy wrote 1 month ago: Due in part to a number of airport delays the girls did not return home until the wee hours of the … more →

Tags: Life with children, Thoughts on the World, airport security, Airports, atlanta-hartsfield airport, Georgia Politics, Gun Control, Parenting, Politics

Notices

ducksanddrakes wrote 2 months ago: People are reading G.K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday, and coming up with complicated … more →

Tags: language, found phrases, G. K. Chesterton, Orson Welles, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Wyatt Mason

The Renegade

wholeclothdesigns wrote 3 months ago: ♥ I just noticed that this is my 200th post!  Woo-hoo!  See #1 from 7 months ago: here.  ♥ On … more →

Tags: That Lady Can Paint, Sew, Sculpt..., My Art Projects, What I've been reading, Art, Cats, fiction writers, Humor, hunting, Illustration

Book Abandonment Is Not a Crime2 comments

Shannon wrote 3 months ago: When I was younger, I had a pathological need to finish every book I started, whether I was enjoying … more →

Tags: Books, Reviews, Azar Nafisi, Douglas Adams, Joe R. Lansdale, Ken Follett, Literary criticism, Marlena de Blasi, nick hornby

"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

theboardedwindow wrote 3 months ago: “Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibl … more →

Tags: Literature, Horror, the lottery, Short Fiction, Short Story, The Haunting of Hill House, We have always lived in the castle, lottery, Fiction

Review: "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson4 comments

Matt Staggs wrote 4 months ago: The next time that you’re at the local book barn looking for something scary, think about pic … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Review, The Haunting of Hill House

Review: "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson

Matt Staggs wrote 4 months ago: There was once a very wealthy family called the Blackwoods who lived in a lovely old home in the co … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Review, We have always lived in the castle

Understanding Point of View

Kim Justesen wrote 5 months ago: Point of view is an aspect of writing that many writers take for granted that they understand, and y … more →

Tags: Blogroll, The Craft of Writing, writing, Point Of View, First Person, third person, Omniscient, the lottery, Anne Lammot

How About UNDERrated Books?2 comments

samgr wrote 5 months ago: I was going to write about more things I thought were overrated, but I couldn’t go through wit … more →

Tags: Books, Henry Green, Reviews

Shirley's Censorship1 comment

polytechnicalities wrote 5 months ago: The Albany Times Union reports today that Shirley Jackson has accused a well-respected Arts Profe … more →

Tags: censorship

"He had the Devil's own eye."8 comments

dcairns wrote 7 months ago:   Very much enjoyed talking about Jack Clayton to students the other day. First lecture of term is … more →

Tags: film, Music, Literature, Jack Clayton, something wicked this way comes, The Pumpkin Eater, The Great Gatsby, the innocents, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny.1 comment

James Maddux wrote 8 months ago: I’m sorry, I should be studying right now, but there is an interesting scene happening across … more →

Tags: Life, Love, Philosomatika, TeleTech, Bulldog, lamerz, Beauty, Lauren, Charizard

The Haunting of Hill House1 comment

sadiejean wrote 11 months ago: For a Halloween Review…. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE… —4— Shirley Jackson … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Classic Literature, Holiday Reviews, The Haunting of Hill House

Results

polytechnicalities wrote 11 months ago: The results of this week’s faculty referendum speak for themselves. 200 to 21, in favor of th … more →

Tags: Bob Palazzo, governance, Votes


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