Today is my dad’s birthday – God rest his soul – he was born in 1903 and died in 1972 just two weeks shy of his 70th birthday. I have written many things about my father on my blog: trips with him in the old pick-up to feed the cows; his killing a copperhead with his…
Month: February 2021
My Upcoming SCN Online Class: Literary Elements in Toni Morrison’s novel, Beloved
Tomorrow, I start teaching a six-week online class through Story Circle Network on Toni Morrison’s novel, Beloved. We’ll be looking at the literary elements and devices that Morrison uses to add depth and power to her work. What are literary elements and devices? You know them by different names: metaphor, simile, irony, foreshadowing, symbols, themes,…
20 Minutes a Day 