Really? That's seriously so surprising to me because honestly I see so many websites and zines *begging* people to submit more poetry (especially the past few months) and politely asking writers to stop sending in fiction because they're bombarded with stories and essays that they'll never get around to publishing.
*Of course* the poetry quota isn't filled. It never is.
Do any other essay/fiction writers feel like switching over to poetry would make it a thousand times easier to be published? Because I keep seeing zines and journals begging for more poetry submissions. But then I'd have to write poetry, which I def don't do.
YOU HAVE NO CLUE HOW HAPPY THIS MAKES ME because purple is my absolutely favorite color, and now I'm dying of happiness. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Synesthesia is so curious. And I want to know! Jessica Jones!!!!
I'm pretty sure that, if the books have a flipbook cartoon in the corner of the pages depicting exactly how the transformations happen, there is absolutely no way that anyone can doubt the scientific merit of the Animorphs' transfiguration. (Also, Tobias 4 lyfe.)
Anne and Diana are a better couple than Anne and Gilbert. I've always resented Gilbert and Fred for separating Anne and Diana, and I'm so glad someone was able to put all my angst and resentful emotions into real human words.
Lamest story ever: A few weeks ago, I got really depressed that I wasn't haunted as a child, so I blamed my mom for giving me a ghost-free childhood.
WHY IS NO ONE MAKING THIS AND PUBLISHING IT because if something like Pride & Prejudice & Zombies can be made, THIS WOULD MAKE A KILLING (bad pun intended)
We read Mockingbird in seventh grade, and of course I loved it. But my school completely skipped over Roll of Thunder. It wasn't until *last year* that I finally read Roll of Thunder when I had to do a sparknotes-style analysis for work, and I've been wondering why more students aren't reading this in school, at least as a companion piece to Mockingbird. The *only* reason I can think (and it's a stupid, terrible reason) is that in small mountain town Georgia, you can't have the 99% white student population seeing racism from the point of view of the oppressed. I think it's one of those books that white people tout in front of the world and say "See? White people aren't terrible when you have people like Atticus Finch standing up for black people." Which is, again, terrible.
But I totally agree with you. Roll of Thunder is the stronger text, and I totally believe it should have a stronger presence in school systems.
When I was in high school (and on my school's drumline!!!!), I watched that movie nearly every week. Good times. Good memories. Terrible story line, but the drumming was super fun.
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