Tag: classics
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Little Women Legacy: Alcott, the Environment, and Real-Life Heroes
In this blog post series, we’ve featured contributing authors from our anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. In this post, we’ll share some final thoughts from Julie Dunlap, ecologist, teacher and writer. Contributor Julie Dunlap reads Little Women in Old Ellicott City, Maryland. Little Women teems with uncomfortable truths. Hardworking families can fall into poverty;…
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Little Women Legacy: Postcards from the Peak District with Michelle J. Andrew, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Michelle J. Andrew, who is pursuing a degree in stop-motion animation in England. Read through the end for a swoon-worthy romantic date, the likes of which even Amy would approve! Contributor…
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Little Women Legacy: Love from Leeds with Rachel Roberts, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Rachel Roberts, who lives in West Yorkshire’s Brontë Country. Contributor Rachel Roberts reads her childhood copy of Little Women (Volume 1, illustrated by Dinah Dryhurts) at Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, England. What is…
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Little Women Legacy: A Kansas Kindred Spirit in Stephanie Mann, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Stephanie Mann, Wichita author and presenter. Contributor Stephanie Mann reads Little Women in Eighth Day Books, an independent bookstore in Wichita, Kansas. What is your favorite scene from Little Women? The…
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Little Women Legacy: A Rhode Island Reverie with Donna Macdonald, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Donna Macdonald, a writer and blogger from Rhode Island. Contributor Donna Macdonald reads a vintage copy of Little Women in front of historic Wickford, Rhode Island. What is your favorite scene…
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Little Women Legacy: Reading Alcott’s New England in Old England with Caitlin Horne, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Caitlin Horne, who dreams of doing “something very splendid” across the pond in the U.K. Contributor Caitlin Horne reads Little Women in her picturesque English town. What is your favorite scene…
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Little Women Legacy: Giving Back to Our “Imaginary” (and Real!) Heroes
I remember picking out Little Women at the book fair. My 4th grade compatriots championed flashy titles that ranged from the lurid (I’m looking at you, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Chain Letter) to the maudlin (Don’t Die, My Love). And while my own shelves groaned with the adolescent weight of Sweet Valley…
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