tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post17361053941957961..comments2023-11-12T13:22:30.358+01:00Comments on andrewjshields: Verse Novels / VersromaneAndrew Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-79291152748628302052009-11-18T15:37:06.435+01:002009-11-18T15:37:06.435+01:00I've finished =A Few Corrections= now ...
it w...I've finished =A Few Corrections= now ...<br />it was interesting and clever, but not as<br />excellent as =Darlington's Fall= ... but I<br />will happily read another title (or two)<br />by Brad Leithauser. In fact, I have his<br />newest from the library right now. Its<br />title is =The Art Student's War= (Knopf,<br />2009).<br /><br />-- dhshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-54583518950684989282009-10-28T18:23:35.710+01:002009-10-28T18:23:35.710+01:00One of my recent 'favorite authors' is Sha...One of my recent 'favorite authors' is Sharon Creech, winner of the Newbery Medal for =Walk Two Moons= (which I liked so much I looked for other titles by her. They are quite numerous! Among them is what can only be called 'a verse novel' ... it's called =Love That Dog= and the main character is still in elementary school (age not specified, but maybe fourth grade?) and is, along with his whole class, being 'introduced' to poetry ... reading it, listening to it being read, and writing it. It's quite delightful, and I think you'll enjoy it too (as well as your wife and kids) ... if not also your students!<br /><br />-- dhsh<br /><br />PS: And now, finally, I'm going to seek out =A Few Corrections= per your suggestion of some months ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-25175830613599277502009-06-12T14:08:21.033+02:002009-06-12T14:08:21.033+02:00Finally reporting in on Ellen Hopkins'
verse-n...Finally reporting in on Ellen Hopkins'<br />verse-novel =Identical= ... <br /><br />It took only a few pages for me to decide<br />that, no, I don't want to read a story about<br />twin-daughters-and-father incest after all!<br /><br />-- dhshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-26118817115590879082009-05-04T22:38:00.000+02:002009-05-04T22:38:00.000+02:00I don't know that one, Mom. Keep me posted on it!I don't know that one, Mom. Keep me posted on it!Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-78841578585225806392009-05-03T04:39:00.000+02:002009-05-03T04:39:00.000+02:00Have you read (or heard of) =Identical= by Ellen H...Have you read (or heard of) =Identical= by Ellen Hopkins? That's next on my list (verse-novel-wise, that is). So =A Few Corrections= will have to be put off until some later mo' ... but thanks for pointing me in its direction.<br /><br />-- dhshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-70602876852996531112009-05-01T14:47:00.000+02:002009-05-01T14:47:00.000+02:00I have a couple volumes of his poetry, but I've ne...I have a couple volumes of his poetry, but I've never read any of his novels. "A Few Corrections" got excellent reviews. Please keep me posted on what you think of his prose fiction!Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-86416274934571509922009-04-30T12:11:00.000+02:002009-04-30T12:11:00.000+02:00I've finished D's Fall now, and liked it so well t...I've finished D's Fall now, and liked it so well that I'm going to look for other books by Leithauser (whether or not in verse).<br /><br />-- dhshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-78320864348214058342009-04-29T23:19:00.000+02:002009-04-29T23:19:00.000+02:00I've read that one; I really liked it. But I loane...I've read that one; I really liked it. But I loaned it to someone and forgot who and never got it back!Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-55617353464700484132009-04-24T00:58:00.000+02:002009-04-24T00:58:00.000+02:00Currently I am reading a verse novel called =Darli...Currently I am reading a verse novel called =Darlington's Fall= ... The author is Brad Leithauser (Knopf, 2002). I don't recall how I happened upon it, but it wasn't just by browsing at my local library, because I had to ask them to find it for me via interlibrary loan. <br /><br />It's (sort of) a biography of an entomologist, whose career-in-the-field was nipped in the bud when he suffered a serious fall which left him paraplegic (or almost so). I haven't yet figured out if the main character is entirely fictional or not.<br /><br />The story is fascinating, and I find many of the occasions of rhyming to be extremely interesting. Often they occur several lines apart, and I only notice them when the final syllable(s) of the second word of the pair suddenly remind me that I 'heard' those same sounds just a few moments ago. I am really enjoying this effect.<br /><br />I'm a little over half way through the book, and am very curious about 'what comes next' ... stay tuned!<br /><br />-- dhshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com