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Letters to Family, Friends, and Editors is a book collecting some of Franz Kafka's letters from 1900 to 1924. The majority of the letters in the volume are addressed to Max Brod . Originally published in Germany in 1959 as Briefe 1902-1924 , the collection was first published in English by Schocken Books in 1977.
Ultimately, these pieces connect throughout the book and show how individuals mesh to become a family." [ 2 ] Rachel E. Schwedt and Janice DeLong in their book Young Adult Poetry said that "in a day when the family is struggling to find identity and purpose as a unit, Fletcher and Krudop have provided the missing piece for readers of all ages ...
Byas’ poetry collection, “I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times” (Soft Skull, $16.95) — winner of the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award — borrowed some scaffolding from the 1978 musical “The ...
Poem 68 is a complex elegy written by Catullus, who lived in the 1st century BCE during the time of the Roman Republic.This poem addresses common themes of Catullus' poetry such as friendship, poetic activity, love and betrayal, and grief for his brother.
The only work published in book form during Ledwidge's lifetime was the original volume Songs of the Fields (1915), containing fifty poems, which was very well received. The poems in this volume were reviewed by Lord Dunsany, and selected by Dunsany and Ledwidge working together. Dunsany helped Lediwdge secure a publisher, Herbert Jenkins.
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When a family friend, Mrs Edward Sneyd, died in 1756, [5] the Sewards took in one of her daughters, Honora Sneyd, who became an adopted foster sister to Anna. [9] Honora was nine years younger. Anna Seward described in a poem, The Anniversary (1769), how she and her sister first met Honora on returning from a walk. [ 10 ]
A spin-off from 1993's The Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Virtues collects 31 passages previously featured in the original. [3] Selections from Aesop's Fables, [3] Robert Frost, [3] Frank Crane, [4] and African and Native American folklore [3] are represented in this volume; the legend of George Washington's cherry tree (as related to Mason Locke Weems) [5] makes an encore appearance. [6]